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Is steeple a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word steeple is a Scrabble US word. The word steeple is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is steeple a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word steeple is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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Is steeple a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word steeple is a Words With Friends word. The word steeple is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

STEEPLE,

6-letter words (3 found)

ELPEES,PESTLE,TEPEES,

5-letter words (19 found)

ELPEE,EPEES,LEEPS,LEESE,LEETS,PEELS,PELES,PELTS,SLEEP,SLEET,SLEPT,SPEEL,SPELT,STEEL,STEEP,STELE,TEELS,TELES,TEPEE,

4-letter words (29 found)

EELS,ELSE,ELTS,EPEE,LEEP,LEES,LEET,LEPS,LEPT,LEST,LETS,PEEL,PEES,PELE,PELS,PELT,PEST,PETS,SEEL,SEEP,SELE,SEPT,SLEE,SPET,STEP,TEEL,TEES,TELE,TELS,

3-letter words (19 found)

EEL,ELS,ELT,EST,LEE,LEP,LES,LET,PEE,PEL,PES,PET,PST,SEE,SEL,SET,TEE,TEL,TES,

2-letter words (7 found)

EE,EL,ES,ET,PE,ST,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 79 words from steeple according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of steeple

steeple

Alternative forms

  • steple (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English stepel, from Old English stīpel, stȳpel, stīepel (“tower, steeple”), from Proto-Germanic *staupilaz (“that which is steep, tower, steeple”), equivalent to steep +‎ -le. Cognate with Old Norse stǫpull (“tower, steeple”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈstiːpəl/
  • Rhymes: -iːpəl

Noun

steeple (plural steeples)

  1. A tall tower, often on a church, normally topped with a spire.
  2. A spire.
  3. (historical) A high headdress of the 14th century.

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Translations

Verb

steeple (third-person singular simple present steeples, present participle steepling, simple past and past participle steepled)

  1. (transitive) To form something into the shape of a steeple.
    He steepled his fingers as he considered the question.

Derived terms

  • steepled

Translations

Anagrams

  • Teeples, peelest

French

Alternative forms

  • stiple

Etymology

Borrowed from English steeple.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stipl/

Noun

steeple m (plural steeples)

  1. steeplechase

Further reading

  • “steeple”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Source: wiktionary.org