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Is thirl a Scrabble word?

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

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Is thirl a Scrabble UK word?

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

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5-letter words (1 found)

THIRL,

4-letter words (4 found)

HILT,LITH,THIR,TIRL,

3-letter words (4 found)

HIT,LIT,RIT,TIL,

2-letter words (4 found)

HI,IT,LI,TI,

You can make 13 words from thirl according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of thirl

thirl htirl tihrl ithrl hitrl ihtrl thril htril trhil rthil hrtil rhtil tirhl itrhl trihl rtihl irthl rithl hirtl ihrtl hritl rhitl irhtl rihtl thilr htilr tihlr ithlr hitlr ihtlr thlir htlir tlhir lthir hltir lhtir tilhr itlhr tlihr ltihr ilthr lithr hiltr ihltr hlitr lhitr ilhtr lihtr thrli htrli trhli rthli hrtli rhtli thlri htlri tlhri lthri hltri lhtri trlhi rtlhi tlrhi ltrhi rlthi lrthi hrlti rhlti hlrti lhrti rlhti lrhti tirlh itrlh trilh rtilh irtlh ritlh tilrh itlrh tlirh ltirh iltrh litrh trlih rtlih tlrih ltrih rltih lrtih irlth rilth ilrth lirth rlith lrith hirlt ihrlt hrilt rhilt irhlt rihlt hilrt ihlrt hlirt lhirt ilhrt lihrt hrlit rhlit hlrit lhrit rlhit lrhit irlht rilht ilrht lirht rliht lriht

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

Definitions and meaning of thirl

thirl

Alternative forms

  • thurl

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /θɝl/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /θɜːl/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l

Etymology 1

From Middle English thirl, thiril, from Old English þyrel (“hole”), from Proto-West Germanic *þurhil, from Proto-Germanic *þurhilą (“hole, opening”), from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂kʷelo- which is *tr̥h₂kʷe + *-lo (equivalent to through +‎ -le) from *terh₂-. Related to thrill, drill.

Noun

thirl (plural thirls)

  1. (archaic or dialectal) A hole, an aperture, especially a nostril.
  2. (dialectal) A low door in a dry-stone wall to allow sheep to pass through; a smoot.
  3. (mining, possibly obsolete) A short communication between adits in a mine.
  4. (mining, possibly obsolete) A long adit in a coalpit.

Etymology 2

From Middle English thirlen, thurlen, thorlen, from Old English þȳrlian (“to pierce”), from the noun (see above).

Verb

thirl (third-person singular simple present thirls, present participle thirling, simple past and past participle thirled)

  1. (transitive, possibly obsolete) To pierce; to perforate, penetrate, cut through.
    • 1567, Arthur Golding: Ovid's Metamorphoses Bk. 3 lines 78-81
      But yet his hardnesse savde him not against the piercing dart.
      For hitting right betweene the scales that yeelded in that part
      Whereas the joynts doe knit the backe, it thirled through the skin,
      And pierced to his filthy mawe and greedy guts within.
  2. (transitive, mining, obsolete) To drill or bore; to cut through, as a partition between one working and another.
Derived terms
  • nostril
  • thirlable
  • thrill

Etymology 3

Uncertain. Perhaps a blend of throw +‎ hurl.

Verb

thirl (third-person singular simple present thirls, present participle thirling, simple past and past participle thirled)

  1. (obsolete) To throw (a projectile).
    • , II.8:
      And many Authours doe in this manner wound the protection of their cause, by over-rashly running against that which they take hold-of, thirling [translating lanceant] such darts at their enemies, that might with much more advantage be cast at them.

Etymology 4

Dialectal alteration of thrall.

Alternative forms

  • thrill

Verb

thirl (third-person singular simple present thirls, present participle thirling, simple past and past participle thirled)

  1. (historical, transitive) To legally bind (a tenant) to the use of one's own property as an owner.
  2. (by extension) To bind; to obligate to use or be associated with.
Related terms
  • thirlage

Noun

thirl (plural thirls)

  1. (historical) A thrall.

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • thurl, torle, thurel

Etymology

From Old English þyrel, from Proto-West Germanic *þurhil, from Proto-Germanic *þurhilą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θirl/

Noun

thirl (plural thirls)

  1. An external bodily orifice.

Descendants

  • English: thirl
  • ⇒ Yola: thorelucke

References

  • “thirl, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Source: wiktionary.org