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

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5-letter words (3 found)

HELOT,HOTEL,THOLE,

4-letter words (7 found)

HELO,HOLE,HOLT,HOTE,LOTE,LOTH,TOLE,

3-letter words (12 found)

ELT,ETH,HET,HOE,HOT,LET,LOT,OLE,TEL,THE,THO,TOE,

2-letter words (10 found)

EH,EL,ET,HE,HO,LO,OE,OH,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 33 words from thole according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of thole

thole htole tohle othle hotle ohtle thloe htloe tlhoe lthoe hltoe lhtoe tolhe otlhe tlohe ltohe olthe lothe holte ohlte hlote lhote olhte lohte thoel htoel tohel othel hotel ohtel theol hteol tehol ethol hetol ehtol toehl otehl teohl etohl oethl eothl hoetl ohetl heotl ehotl oehtl eohtl thleo htleo tlheo ltheo hlteo lhteo thelo htelo tehlo ethlo hetlo ehtlo tleho lteho telho etlho letho eltho hleto lheto helto ehlto lehto elhto toleh otleh tloeh ltoeh olteh loteh toelh otelh teolh etolh oetlh eotlh tleoh lteoh teloh etloh letoh eltoh oleth loeth oelth eolth leoth eloth holet ohlet hloet lhoet olhet lohet hoelt ohelt heolt eholt oehlt eohlt hleot lheot helot ehlot lehot elhot oleht loeht oelht eolht leoht eloht

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Definitions and meaning of thole

thole

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /θəʊl/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /θoʊl/
  • Rhymes: -əʊl

Etymology 1

From Middle English thōle, from tholen, tholien, from Old English þolian, from Proto-West Germanic *þolēn, from Proto-Germanic *þulāną (to suffer), from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (to bear, suffer; to support), compare Norwegian Bokmål tåle.

Verb

thole (third-person singular simple present tholes, present participle tholing, simple past and past participle tholed)

  1. (intransitive, dated) To suffer.
  2. (transitive, now Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland) To endure, to put up with, to tolerate.
Synonyms
  • (to suffer):
  • (to endure): brook, live with; See also Thesaurus:tolerate
Derived terms
  • tholance
  • tholing (adjective, noun)
Related terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English thō̆le (a peg), from Old English þol, þoll (oar-pin, rowlock; thole), from Proto-West Germanic *þoll, from Proto-Germanic *þullaz, *þullō (beam; thole), from Proto-Indo-European *tūl-, *twel- (bush; sphere). The word is cognate with Danish toll (thole), Dutch dol (thole; oarlock), Low German Doll (thole; oarlock).

Noun

thole (plural tholes)

  1. A pin in the side of a boat which acts as a fulcrum for the oars.
  2. A pin, or handle, of the snath (shaft) of a scythe.
Alternative forms
  • thowel
  • thowl
Synonyms
  • (pin for oars): oarlock, rowlock, tholepin
  • (pin of the snath of a scythe): nib
Derived terms
  • tholepin
Translations

Etymology 3

Anglicization of Latin tholus (cupola, dome, rotunda), from Ancient Greek θόλος (thólos, dome, vault), further etymology uncertain but possibly cognate with θᾰ́λᾰμος (thálamos, bedroom; inner chamber) and/or English dale. Doublet of tholus and tholos.

Noun

thole (plural tholes)

  1. (architecture) A cupola, a dome, a rotunda; a tholus.
Related terms
  • tholobate
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References

Further reading

  • “thole” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Anagrams

  • Holte, helot, hetol, hotel, hôtel, lothe

Latin

Noun

thole

  1. vocative singular of tholus

Middle English

Verb

thole

  1. thole; suffer

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