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Is teal a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word teal is a Scrabble US word. The word teal is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

T1E1A1L1

Is teal a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word teal is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

T1E1A1L1

Is teal a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word teal is a Words With Friends word. The word teal is worth 5 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

T1E1A1L2

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4-letter words (6 found)

LATE,LEAT,TAEL,TALE,TEAL,TELA,

3-letter words (12 found)

ALE,ALT,ATE,EAT,ELT,ETA,LAT,LEA,LET,TAE,TEA,TEL,

2-letter words (9 found)

AE,AL,AT,EA,EL,ET,LA,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 28 words from teal according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of teal

teal

English

Alternative forms

  • teale (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English tele, probably from an unrecorded Old English *tǣle, cognate with West Frisian tjilling (“teal”), Middle Dutch teling (“teal”) (modern Dutch taling), Middle Low German telink, from Proto-Germanic *tailijaz, of unknown ultimate origin, with no cognates outside of Germanic. As the name of a shade of dark greenish-blue like the color patterns on the fowl's head and wings, it is attested from 1923. The Australian political sense derives from the colour teal being intermediate between green (signifying environmentalism) and blue (signifying the conservative Australian Liberal Party).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiːl/, [tiːɫ]
  • Rhymes: -iːl
  • Homophone: tiel

Noun

teal (countable and uncountable, plural teals)

  1. (countable) Any of various small freshwater ducks of the genus Anas that are brightly coloured and have short necks.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A dark, somewhat bluish-green colour; a dark cyan.
  3. (countable, Australia, politics, chiefly attributive) A teal independent.

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Adjective

teal (comparative more teal, superlative most teal)

  1. Having a bluish-green colour.

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See also

See also

  • (etymologically unrelated) teal deer

Further reading

  • “Teal, spicy cough and bachelor’s handbag: the contenders for Macquarie Dictionary’s 2022 word of the year” by Natasha May (2022-11-21), published in The Guardian.

Anagrams

  • tael, et. al, atel-, LATE, late, Elta, et al, tale, tela, leat, EATL, ETLA, et al.

Source: wiktionary.org