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Is swingle a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word swingle is a Scrabble US word. The word swingle is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is swingle a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word swingle is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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7-letter words (2 found)

SLEWING,SWINGLE,

6-letter words (6 found)

INGLES,LIGNES,SEWING,SINGLE,SWINGE,WINGES,

5-letter words (30 found)

ELSIN,GLEIS,GLENS,GWINE,INGLE,LENGS,LENIS,LEWIS,LIENS,LIGNE,LINES,LINGS,LWEIS,NELIS,SEGNI,SENGI,SEWIN,SILEN,SINEW,SINGE,SLING,SWILE,SWINE,SWING,WEILS,WIELS,WILES,WINES,WINGE,WINGS,

4-letter words (46 found)

EGIS,ENGS,GELS,GENS,GIEN,GIES,GINS,GLEI,GLEN,INGS,ISLE,LEGS,LEIS,LENG,LENS,LIEN,LIES,LIGS,LINE,LING,LINS,LWEI,NEGS,NEWS,NIES,NILS,SEIL,SEWN,SIEN,SIGN,SILE,SINE,SING,SLEW,SNIG,SWIG,WEIL,WELS,WENS,WIEL,WIGS,WILE,WINE,WING,WINS,WISE,

3-letter words (34 found)

ELS,ENG,ENS,GEL,GEN,GIE,GIN,GIS,ING,INS,LEG,LEI,LES,LEW,LIE,LIG,LIN,LIS,NEG,NEW,NIE,NIL,NIS,SEG,SEI,SEL,SEN,SEW,SIG,SIN,WEN,WIG,WIN,WIS,

2-letter words (11 found)

EL,EN,ES,EW,GI,IN,IS,LI,NE,SI,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 130 words from swingle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of swingle

swingle

Etymology 1

The noun is from Middle English swingel, from Old English swingel, swingelle (“whip, scourge”), equivalent to swing +‎ -le. Related to Middle Dutch swingel, swengel, Dutch zwingel, zwengel. Doublet of swingel. The verb is from Middle English swingelen, from the noun. Related to Middle Dutch swingelen, swengelen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈswɪŋ(ɡ)əl/, /ˈswɪnd͡ʒəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋəl, -ɪŋɡəl, -ɪnd͡ʒəl

Noun

swingle (plural swingles)

  1. (textiles) An implement used to separate the fibres of flax by beating them; a scutch.
  2. The swinging part of a flail, especially that which is used on the grain in threshing; the swipple.
Derived terms

Verb

swingle (third-person singular simple present swingles, present participle swingling, simple past and past participle swingled)

  1. (transitive) To beat or flog, especially for extracting the fibres from flax stalks; to scutch.

Etymology 2

From swing +‎ -le (frequentative suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈswɪŋ(ɡ)əl/
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋəl, -ɪŋɡəl

Verb

swingle (third-person singular simple present swingles, present participle swingling, simple past and past participle swingled)

  1. To dangle; to wave hanging.
  2. (obsolete, UK, dialect) To swing for pleasure.

Further reading

  • Joseph Wright, editor (1905), “SWINGLE”, in The English Dialect Dictionary: […], volumes V (R–S), London: Henry Frowde, […], publisher to the English Dialect Society, […]; New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • slewing, swingel

Source: wiktionary.org