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Is thurl a Scrabble word?

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

T1H4U1R1L1

Is thurl a Scrabble UK word?

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

T1H4U1R1L1

Is thurl a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word thurl is a Words With Friends word. The word thurl is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

T1H3U2R1L2

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5-letter words (1 found)

THURL,

4-letter words (4 found)

HURL,HURT,RUTH,THRU,

3-letter words (3 found)

HUT,LUR,RUT,

2-letter words (3 found)

UH,UR,UT,

You can make 11 words from thurl according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of thurl

thurl

English

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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Noun

thurl (plural thurls)

  1. (agriculture, chiefly in the plural) Either of the rear hip joints where the hip connects to the upper leg in certain animals, particularly cattle; often used as a reference point for measurement.
    • 1918, G. C. Humphrey, The Rural Efficiency Guide, Volume 4: Stock Book, page 22,
      Deficiencies which are common to the hind quarters of the cow, include shortness and narrowness of rump, a drooping rump, narrowness between the thurls and pin bones and thickly fleshed thighs.

Etymology 2

See thirl.

Verb

thurl (third-person singular simple present thurls, present participle thurling, simple past and past participle thurled)

  1. Alternative form of thirl

Noun

thurl (plural thurls)

  1. Alternative form of thirl

Further reading

  • “thurl”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • thulr

Middle English

Noun

thurl

  1. Alternative form of thirl

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