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Is spiel a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word spiel is a Scrabble US word. The word spiel is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

S1P3I1E1L1

Is spiel a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word spiel is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

S1P3I1E1L1

Is spiel a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word spiel is a Words With Friends word. The word spiel is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1P4I1E1L2

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5-letter words (7 found)

LIPES,PILES,PLIES,SLIPE,SPEIL,SPIEL,SPILE,

4-letter words (17 found)

ISLE,LEIS,LEPS,LIES,LIPE,LIPS,LISP,PELS,PIES,PILE,PISE,PLIE,SEIL,SILE,SIPE,SLIP,SPIE,

3-letter words (15 found)

ELS,LEI,LEP,LES,LIE,LIP,LIS,PEL,PES,PIE,PIS,PSI,SEI,SEL,SIP,

2-letter words (7 found)

EL,ES,IS,LI,PE,PI,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 47 words from spiel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of spiel

spiel

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Spiel (“game, performance”) and/or Yiddish שפּיל (shpil), both from Middle High German spil, from Old High German spil, from Proto-West Germanic *spil. Cognate with Old English spilian (“to revel, play”). See speel.

Alternative forms

  • shpeal, schpeal, shpiel, schpiel, schpeel

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃpiːl/, /spiːl/
  • Rhymes: -iːl

Noun

spiel (countable and uncountable, plural spiels)

  1. A lengthy and extravagant speech or argument usually intended to persuade.
  2. (music) An early form of rap music.
Translations

Verb

spiel (third-person singular simple present spiels, present participle spieling, simple past and past participle spieled)

  1. (intransitive) To talk at length.
  2. (intransitive) To give a sales pitch; to promote by speaking.
Derived terms
  • Purim spiel
Related terms
  • spieler

Etymology 2

From the Scots spiel (“game, play; curling match”) from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German spel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spiːl/
  • Rhymes: -iːl

Noun

spiel (plural spiels)

  1. A game of curling.
Derived terms
  • carspiel
  • cashspiel
Related terms
  • bonspiel

References

Anagrams

  • Elpis, Lipes, Peils, Piels, Piles, Siple, piles, plies, pliés, slipe, spile

German

Pronunciation

Verb

spiel

  1. singular imperative of spielen

Source: wiktionary.org