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Is subtle a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word subtle is a Scrabble US word. The word subtle is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is subtle a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word subtle is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

S1U1B3T1L1E1

Is subtle a Words With Friends word?

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

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6-letter words (6 found)

BLUEST,BLUETS,BUSTLE,BUTLES,SUBLET,SUBTLE,

5-letter words (12 found)

BELTS,BLEST,BLETS,BLUES,BLUET,BULSE,BUTES,BUTLE,LUBES,LUTES,TUBES,TULES,

4-letter words (28 found)

BELS,BELT,BEST,BETS,BLET,BLUE,BUST,BUTE,BUTS,ELTS,LEST,LETS,LUBE,LUES,LUST,LUTE,SLEB,SLUB,SLUE,SLUT,STUB,SUET,TELS,TUBE,TUBS,TULE,ULES,UTES,

3-letter words (22 found)

BEL,BES,BET,BUS,BUT,ELS,ELT,EST,LES,LET,LEU,SEL,SET,SUB,SUE,TEL,TES,TUB,ULE,USE,UTE,UTS,

2-letter words (8 found)

BE,EL,ES,ET,ST,TE,US,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 77 words from subtle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of subtle

subtle

Alternative forms

  • subtil, subtile, suttle (all obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English sotil, soubtil, subtil, borrowed from Old French soutil, subtil, from Latin subtīlis (“fine, thin, slender, delicate”); probably, originally, “woven fine”, and from sub (“under”) + tēla (“a web”), from texere (“to weave”). Displaced native Old English smēag (literally “creeping”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsʌt(ə)l/, [ˈsʌɾɫ̩], enPR: sŭt'(ə)l
  • Rhymes: -ʌtəl

Adjective

subtle (comparative subtler or more subtle, superlative subtlest or most subtle)

  1. Hard to grasp; not obvious or easily understood.
    Antonym: simple
  2. Barely noticeable, not obvious, indistinct.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:indistinct
    Antonyms: distinct; see also Thesaurus:distinct
    • 1712, Richard Blackmore, Creation: A Philosophical Poem. Demonstrating the Existence and Providence of a God. In Seven Books, book I, London: Printed for S. Buckley, at the Dolphin in Little-Britain; and J[acob] Tonson, at Shakespear's Head over-against Catherine-Street in the Strand, OCLC 731619916; 5th edition, Dublin: Printed by S. Powell, for G. Risk, G. Ewing, and W. Smith, in Dame's-street, 1727, OCLC 728300884, page 7:
      The mighty Magnet from the Center darts / This ſtrong, tho' ſubtile Force, thro' all the Parts: / Its active Rays ejaculated thence, / Irradiate all the wide Circumference.
  3. (of a thing) Cleverly contrived.
  4. (of a person or animal) Cunning, skillful.
    Synonyms: crafty, cunning, skillful
  5. Insidious.
    Synonyms: deceptive, malicious
  6. Tenuous; rarefied; of low density or thin consistency.
  7. (obsolete) Refined; exquisite.

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References

  • “subtle”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “subtle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “subtle”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

  • bluest, bluets, bustle, butles, sublet

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