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Is treble a Scrabble word?

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

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Is treble a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Yes. The word treble is a Words With Friends word. The word treble is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (2 found)

BELTER,TREBLE,

5-letter words (5 found)

BERET,BETEL,BLERT,REBEL,RELET,

4-letter words (17 found)

BEER,BEET,BELT,BERE,BETE,BLEE,BLET,BREE,LEER,LEET,LERE,REEL,RETE,TEEL,TEER,TELE,TREE,

3-letter words (13 found)

BEE,BEL,BET,EEL,ELT,ERE,LEE,LET,REB,REE,RET,TEE,TEL,

2-letter words (7 found)

BE,EE,EL,ER,ET,RE,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 45 words from treble according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of treble

treble

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɹɛbəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɛbəl

Etymology 1

From Middle English treble, from Old French treble, from Latin triplus. Doublet of triple.

Adjective

treble (not comparable)

  1. High in pitch.
    Synonyms: high-pitched, strident
    Antonym: bass
  2. (music) Pertaining to the highest singing voice or part in harmonized music; soprano.
  3. (dated) Threefold, triple.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:triple
    • 1837 Penny Cyclopedia, vol. 7, s.v. "Constantinople":
      The treble walls and ditches on the land side [...] diminish the extent of ground covered with houses.
Derived terms

Adverb

treble (not comparable)

  1. (dated) Trebly; triply.
    Synonyms: thrice, threefold; see also Thesaurus:thrice

Noun

treble (plural trebles)

  1. (music) The highest singing voice (especially as for a boy) or part in musical composition.
  2. (music) A person or instrument having a treble voice or pitch; a boy soprano.
  3. The highest tuned in a ring of bells.
  4. Any high-pitched or shrill voice or sound.
  5. (dated) A threefold quantity or number; something having three parts or having been tripled.
  6. (dated) A drink with three portions of alcohol; a triple
  7. (darts) Any of the narrow areas enclosed by the two central circles on a dartboard, worth three times the usual value of the segment.
  8. (sports) Three goals, victories, awards etc. in a given match or season.
Translations

Verb

treble (third-person singular simple present trebles, present participle trebling, simple past and past participle trebled)

  1. (transitive, dated) To multiply by three; to make into three parts, layers, or thrice the amount.
    Synonyms: triple; see also Thesaurus:treble
  2. (intransitive, dated) To become multiplied by three or increased threefold.
  3. (intransitive) To make a shrill or high-pitched noise.
    Synonyms: keen, screech, shrill
  4. (transitive) To utter in a treble key; to whine.
Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

treble (plural trebles)

  1. Alternative form of tribble (“frame for drying paper”)

Anagrams

  • Belter, Beltre, Elbert, Lebert, belter

Old French

Etymology

From Latin triplus.

Adjective

treble m (oblique and nominative feminine singular treble)

  1. treble; triple

Descendants

  • → Middle English: treble
    • English: treble

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (treble)

Source: wiktionary.org