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Yes. The word tinsel is a Scrabble US word. The word tinsel is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word tinsel is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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6-letter words (7 found)

ELINTS,ENLIST,INLETS,INTELS,LISTEN,SILENT,TINSEL,

5-letter words (27 found)

ELINT,ELSIN,ENLIT,INLET,INSET,INTEL,ISLET,ISTLE,LENIS,LENTI,LIENS,LINES,LINTS,LITES,NEIST,NELIS,NITES,SENTI,SIENT,SILEN,STEIL,STEIN,STILE,TEILS,TEINS,TILES,TINES,

4-letter words (42 found)

ELTS,ENTS,ISLE,LEIS,LENS,LENT,LEST,LETS,LIEN,LIES,LINE,LINS,LINT,LIST,LITE,LITS,NEST,NETS,NIES,NILS,NITE,NITS,SEIL,SENT,SIEN,SILE,SILT,SINE,SITE,SLIT,SNIT,STEN,STIE,TEIL,TEIN,TELS,TENS,TIES,TILE,TILS,TINE,TINS,

3-letter words (31 found)

ELS,ELT,ENS,EST,INS,ITS,LEI,LES,LET,LIE,LIN,LIS,LIT,NET,NIE,NIL,NIS,NIT,SEI,SEL,SEN,SET,SIN,SIT,TEL,TEN,TES,TIE,TIL,TIN,TIS,

2-letter words (13 found)

EL,EN,ES,ET,IN,IS,IT,LI,NE,SI,ST,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 121 words from tinsel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tinsel

tinsel

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈtɪns(ə)l/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɪnsəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɪnsəl
  • Hyphenation: tin‧sel

Etymology 1

The noun is derived from Middle English tinsel (“cloth containing gold or silver thread”) [and other forms], probably from Anglo-Norman tincel, tincelle, tencele, and then:

  • from Old French estincelle, estencele (“a spark”) (modern French étincelle), from Vulgar Latin *stincilla, a metathesis of Latin scintilla (“a glimmer; a spark”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₁y- (“to shimmer, shine”); and
  • from Old French estincelé, the past participle of estinceler, estenceler (“to produce sparks”) (modern French étinceler (“to sparkle, twinkle; (archaic) to produce sparks”)), from Vulgar Latin *stincillāre, a metathesis of Latin scintillāre, the present active infinitive of scintillō (“to scintillate, sparkle”), from scintilla (“a glimmer; a spark”) (see above) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs).

The English word is a doublet of scintilla, scintillate, and stencil.

The adjective is from an attributive use of the noun; while the verb is derived from the noun.

Noun

tinsel (usually uncountable, plural tinsels)

  1. (obsolete) A shining fabric used for ornamental purposes.
    1. A silk or wool fabric with gold or silver thread woven into it; brocade.
      Synonym: baldacchin
    2. A very thin, gauzelike cloth with gold or silver (or, later, copper) thread woven into it, or overlaid with thin metal plates.
  2. (by extension)
    1. A thin, shiny foil for ornamental purposes which is of a material made of metal or resembling metal; especially, narrow glittering strips of such a material, often strung on to thread, and traditionally at Christmastime draped on Christmas trees, hung from balustrades or ceilings, or wrapped around objects as a decoration.
    2. (figuratively) Anything shining and gaudy; especially something superficially shiny and showy, or having a false lustre, and more pretty than valuable.
Derived terms
  • tinselly
  • tinselry
  • tinsel print
  • Tinseltown
Translations
See also
  • trimmings
  • trim up

Adjective

tinsel (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Of fabric: ornamented by being woven with gold or silver thread, or overlaid with thin metal plates; brocaded.
  2. (by extension)
    1. (obsolete) Glittering.
    2. (figuratively) Apparently beautiful and costly but having little value; superficially attractive; gaudy, showy, tawdry.
Translations

Verb

tinsel (third-person singular simple present tinsels, present participle (UK) tinselling or (US) tinseling, simple past and past participle (UK) tinselled or (US) tinseled) (transitive)

  1. To adorn (something) with tinsel.
    1. (also figuratively) To ornament (fabric, etc.) by weaving into it thread of gold, silver, or some other shiny material.
    2. (by extension) To deck out (a place or something) with showy but cheap ornaments; to make gaudy.
  2. (figuratively) To give (something) a false or superficial attractiveness.
Derived terms
  • tinseled, tinselled (adjective)
  • tinseling, tinselling (noun)
Translations

Etymology 2

The noun is derived from Middle English tinsel (“destruction, loss; damnation, spiritual loss; state of damnation”) [and other forms], probably from Old Norse *týnsla (modern Norwegian tynsla (“damage, destruction”)), from týna (“to destroy; to lose; to perish”) (whence Middle English tinen (“to be deprived of, lose; to fail to maintain; to forfeit; to lose track of; to mislay; to be separated from; to escape; to be defeated or forced to withdraw; to waste; to consume, use up; to be destroyed, perish; to damn; to remove, take”)) + -sla (suffix forming nouns from verbs, either denoting the action of the verb or the medium or product of the action). Týna is derived from tjón (“damage; loss”), from Proto-Germanic *teuną (“damage; destruction, ruin; lack”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dū- (“to torment, vex”) or *dāw- (“to burn”).

The verb is derived from the noun.

Noun

tinsel (uncountable) (Scotland)

  1. (obsolete) Damage, detriment; loss.
  2. (law, archaic) Deprivation; forfeiture.

Verb

tinsel (third-person singular simple present tinsels, present participle tinselling, simple past and past participle tinselled)

  1. (transitive, Scotland, obsolete, rare) To cause (someone) damage or loss; also, to impose a fine on (someone); to mulct.
    Synonym: (archaic) endamage

Notes

References

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • ELINTs, SILENT, Teslin, enlist, inlets, leints, lets in, listen, silent

Turkish

Etymology

Equivalent to tin (“spirit, soul”) +‎ -sel

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tinˈsæl/, [t̪in̪ˈs̪æl̠ʲ]
  • Rhymes: -æl
  • Hyphenation: sel

Adjective

tinsel

  1. (spiritualism) spiritual
    Synonyms: ruhani, manevi

Further Reading

  • “tinsel”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tinsel”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Source: wiktionary.org