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Is spile a Scrabble word?

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

S1P3I1L1E1

Is spile a Scrabble UK word?

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

S1P3I1L1E1

Is spile a Words With Friends word?

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

S1P4I1L2E1

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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 spile according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of spile

spile psile siple isple pisle ipsle splie pslie slpie lspie plsie lpsie silpe islpe slipe lsipe ilspe lispe pilse iplse plise lpise ilpse lipse spiel psiel sipel ispel pisel ipsel speil pseil sepil espil pesil epsil siepl isepl seipl esipl iespl eispl piesl ipesl peisl episl iepsl eipsl splei pslei slpei lspei plsei lpsei speli pseli sepli espli pesli epsli slepi lsepi selpi eslpi lespi elspi plesi lpesi pelsi eplsi lepsi elpsi silep islep sliep lsiep ilsep lisep sielp iselp seilp esilp ieslp eislp sleip lseip selip eslip lesip elsip ilesp liesp ielsp eilsp leisp elisp piles iples plies lpies ilpes lipes piels ipels peils epils iepls eipls pleis lpeis pelis eplis lepis elpis ileps lieps ielps eilps leips elips

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word spile. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in spile.

Definitions and meaning of spile

spile

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spaɪl/
  • Rhymes: -aɪl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch or Middle Low German spile (“splinter, peg”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *spīlaz (“splinter, peg”), from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“prickle, pointed stick”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian spyl, German Speil (“chip, splinter, gore, wedge”), Danish spile, Dutch spijl.

Noun

spile (plural spiles)

  1. (obsolete or dialectal) A splinter.
  2. A spigot or plug used to stop the hole in a barrel or cask.
  3. (US) A spout inserted in a maple (or other tree) to draw off sap.

Verb

spile (third-person singular simple present spiles, present participle spiling, simple past and past participle spiled)

  1. To plug (a hole) with a spile.
  2. To draw off (a liquid) using a spile.
  3. To provide (a barrel, tree etc.) with a spile.

Etymology 2

Alteration of pile, after Etymology 1, above.

Noun

spile (plural spiles)

  1. A pile; a post or girder.

Verb

spile (third-person singular simple present spiles, present participle spiling, simple past and past participle spiled)

  1. (transitive) To support by means of spiles.
  2. (transitive) To drive piles into.

Etymology 3

Alteration of spoil.

Verb

spile (third-person singular simple present spiles, present participle spiling, simple past and past participle spiled)

  1. (US, dialect, transitive, intransitive) spoil.

Anagrams

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

Danish

Etymology

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Verb

spile (imperative spil, infinitive at spile, present tense spiler, past tense spilede, perfect tense har spilet)

  1. To dilate.

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • spil, spyl

Etymology

From spilen. Alternatively from an Old English *spil, from Proto-West Germanic *spil.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spiːl/, /spil/

Noun

spile

  1. (rare) amusement, entertainment, celebration

References

  • “spī̆le, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-20.

Source: wiktionary.org