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Is vile a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word vile is a Scrabble US word. The word vile is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is vile a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word vile is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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4-letter words (5 found)

EVIL,LIVE,VEIL,VILE,VLEI,

3-letter words (4 found)

LEI,LEV,LIE,VIE,

2-letter words (2 found)

EL,LI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 12 words from vile according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of vile

vile ivle vlie lvie ilve live viel ivel veil evil ievl eivl vlei lvei veli evli levi elvi ilev liev ielv eilv leiv eliv

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

Definitions and meaning of vile

vile

Etymology

From Middle English vile, vyle, vyl, from Anglo-Norman ville, Old French vil, vile, from Latin vīlis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vaɪ(ə)l/
  • Rhymes: -aɪl
  • Homophone: vial

Adjective

vile (comparative viler or more vile, superlative vilest or most vile)

  1. Morally low; base; despicable.
  2. Causing physical or mental repulsion; horrid.

Synonyms

  • (morally low): base, despicable, mean, ignoble

Derived terms

  • vilify

Translations

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Anagrams

  • Levi, Viel, evil, live, veil, vlei

Albanian

Etymology

A formation from vjel (to pluck, harvest).

Noun

vile f (plural vile, definite vilja, definite plural vilet)

  1. bunch of grapes

Related terms

  • vjel
  • vjell

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɪlɛ]

Noun

vile f

  1. dative/locative singular of vila

Estonian

Etymology

From vilisema +‎ -e.

Noun

vile (genitive vile, partitive vilet)

  1. whistle

Declension

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

vile

  1. feminine singular of vil

Italian

Etymology

From Latin vīlis (cheap).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvi.le/
  • Rhymes: -ile
  • Hyphenation: vì‧le

Adjective

vile (plural vili)

  1. cowardly, dastardly
    Synonyms: codardo, vigliacco
  2. base, miserable, mean
    Synonym: miserabile
  3. cheap, worthless, base
    Synonym: privo di valore

Noun

vile m or f by sense (plural vili)

  1. coward
    Synonyms: fifone, codardo

Derived terms

  • avvilire
  • svilire

Related terms

Further reading

  • vile in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • vile in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • vile in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • vile in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • vile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

  • Levi, levi, live, veli

Latin

Adjective

vīle

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of vīlis

Old French

Alternative forms

  • ville

Etymology

From Latin vīlla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvi.lə/

Noun

vile oblique singularf (oblique plural viles, nominative singular vile, nominative plural viles)

  1. town; city

Descendants

  • French: ville

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vidla (Russian ви́лы (víly), Czech vidle).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋîle/
  • Hyphenation: vi‧le

Noun

vȉle f (Cyrillic spelling ви̏ле)

  1. (plural only) pitchfork
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

vile (Cyrillic spelling виле)

  1. feminine plural active past participle of viti

References

  • “vile” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vidla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋìːlɛ/

Noun

víle f pl

  1. pitchfork

Inflection

Further reading

  • vile”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swahili

Pronunciation

Adjective

vile

  1. Vi class inflected form and adverbial form of -le.

Venetian

Noun

vile

  1. plural of vila

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