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Is towel a Scrabble word?

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

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Is towel a Scrabble UK word?

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

T1O1W4E1L1

Is towel a Words With Friends word?

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

T1O1W4E1L2

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5-letter words (2 found)

OWLET,TOWEL,

4-letter words (5 found)

LOTE,LOWE,LOWT,TOLE,WELT,

3-letter words (18 found)

ELT,EWT,LET,LEW,LOT,LOW,OLE,OWE,OWL,OWT,TEL,TEW,TOE,TOW,TWO,WET,WOE,WOT,

2-letter words (10 found)

EL,ET,EW,LO,OE,OW,TE,TO,WE,WO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 36 words from towel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of towel

towel otwel twoel wtoel owtel wotel toewl otewl teowl etowl oetwl eotwl tweol wteol tewol etwol wetol ewtol owetl woetl oewtl eowtl weotl ewotl towle otwle twole wtole owtle wotle tolwe otlwe tlowe ltowe oltwe lotwe twloe wtloe tlwoe ltwoe wltoe lwtoe owlte wolte olwte lowte wlote lwote toelw otelw teolw etolw oetlw eotlw tolew otlew tloew ltoew oltew lotew telow etlow tleow lteow eltow letow oeltw eoltw oletw loetw elotw leotw twelo wtelo tewlo etwlo wetlo ewtlo twleo wtleo tlweo ltweo wlteo lwteo telwo etlwo tlewo ltewo eltwo letwo welto ewlto wleto lweto elwto lewto owelt woelt oewlt eowlt weolt ewolt owlet wolet olwet lowet wloet lwoet oelwt eolwt olewt loewt elowt leowt welot ewlot wleot lweot elwot lewot

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

Definitions and meaning of towel

towel

Etymology

From Middle English towayle, towel, towail, towaille, from Old French toaille (“towel”) (modern French touaille), Medieval Latin toallia, from Frankish *þwahilu (“cloth”), from Proto-Germanic *þwahaną (“to wash”). Cognate with Old High German dwahila (“towel”) (modern dialectal German Zwehle), Dutch dwaal (“towel”), dweil (“mop”), Low German Dweel (“towel”), Old English þwǣle (“band; ribbon; fillet”), Old English þwēan (“to wash”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: toul, touʹəl
  • IPA(key): /ˈtaʊ(ə)l/
  • (Philadelphia), IPA(key): [tʰæɫ]
  • (Southern American English), IPA(key): [tʰæɒ̯ɫ], [tʰɛjɔ̯ɫ]
  • Rhymes: -aʊl, -aʊəl

Noun

towel (plural towels)

  1. A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, such as a person after a bath.

Hyponyms

  • lavabo
  • see also Derived terms below

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Japanese: タオル (taoru)
  • → Swahili: taulo

Translations

Verb

towel (third-person singular simple present towels, present participle toweling or towelling, simple past and past participle toweled or towelled)

  1. (transitive) To hit with a towel.
  2. (transitive) To dry by using a towel.
  3. (transitive) To block up (a door, etc.) with a towel, to conceal the fumes of a recreational drug.
  4. (UK, dialect, obsolete, transitive) To beat with a stick, or "oaken towel".

Derived terms

  • towel off
  • towel up
  • untoweled, untowelled

References

Anagrams

  • Towle, owlet

Middle English

Noun

towel

  1. Alternative form of towayle

Source: wiktionary.org