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Yes. The word spignel is a Scrabble US word. The word spignel is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word spignel is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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7-letter words (2 found)

PINGLES,SPIGNEL,

6-letter words (10 found)

GENIPS,GIPSEN,INGLES,LIGNES,PENSIL,PINGLE,PLINGS,SINGLE,SPINEL,SPLINE,

5-letter words (31 found)

ELSIN,GENIP,GLEIS,GLENS,INGLE,LENGS,LENIS,LIENS,LIGNE,LINES,LINGS,LIPES,NELIS,PEINS,PENIS,PILES,PINES,PINGS,PLIES,PLING,SEGNI,SENGI,SILEN,SINGE,SLING,SLIPE,SNIPE,SPEIL,SPIEL,SPILE,SPINE,

4-letter words (56 found)

EGIS,ENGS,GELS,GENS,GIEN,GIES,GINS,GIPS,GLEI,GLEN,INGS,ISLE,LEGS,LEIS,LENG,LENS,LEPS,LIEN,LIES,LIGS,LINE,LING,LINS,LIPE,LIPS,LISP,NEGS,NEPS,NIES,NILS,NIPS,PEGS,PEIN,PELS,PENI,PENS,PIES,PIGS,PILE,PINE,PING,PINS,PISE,PLIE,SEIL,SIEN,SIGN,SILE,SINE,SING,SIPE,SLIP,SNIG,SNIP,SPIE,SPIN,

3-letter words (42 found)

ELS,ENG,ENS,GEL,GEN,GIE,GIN,GIP,GIS,ING,INS,LEG,LEI,LEP,LES,LIE,LIG,LIN,LIP,LIS,NEG,NEP,NIE,NIL,NIP,NIS,PEG,PEL,PEN,PES,PIE,PIG,PIN,PIS,PSI,SEG,SEI,SEL,SEN,SIG,SIN,SIP,

2-letter words (11 found)

EL,EN,ES,GI,IN,IS,LI,NE,PE,PI,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 153 words from spignel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of spignel

spignel

Etymology

Either:

  • an alteration of Middle English spigurnel (“unidentified broomlike flowering plant with medicinal uses”) [and other forms], borrowed from Anglo-Norman spigurnel, spigurnelle, and Anglo-Latin spigurnella, further etymology unknown; or
  • from spike +‎ nail, because of the shape of its capillary leaves.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈspɪɡnəl/
  • Hyphenation: spig‧nel

Noun

spignel (countable and uncountable, plural spignels)

  1. Meum athamanticum, an ornamental plant in the Apiaceae family found in mountain areas in Central and Western Europe, with roots and feathery leaves used as food and for medicinal purposes.
    Synonyms: baldmoney, bear's wort, bearwort, bear-wort, maldmoney, meon, meu, meum
  2. Preceded by a descriptive word: a plant resembling Meum athamanticum.
  3. (obsolete) The dried, powdered root of Meum athamanticum used as a cooking spice or a medicine.

Alternative forms

  • spicknel
  • spikenel
  • spiknel

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References

Further reading

  • Meum athamanticum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Meum athamanticum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
  • Meum athamanticum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

  • Eplings, Pingels, leg spin, pingles

Source: wiktionary.org