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Is wassail a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word wassail is a Scrabble US word. The word wassail is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is wassail a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word wassail is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

W4A1S1S1A1I1L1

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Yes. The word wassail is a Words With Friends word. The word wassail is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

WASSAIL,

6-letter words (2 found)

ASSAIL,SWAILS,

5-letter words (11 found)

ALIAS,ASSAI,LASSI,SAILS,SALSA,SIALS,SISAL,SLAWS,SWAIL,WAILS,WALIS,

4-letter words (18 found)

AALS,AIAS,AILS,ALAS,AWLS,LASS,LAWS,LIAS,SAIL,SAIS,SALS,SAWS,SIAL,SLAW,WAIL,WAIS,WALI,WISS,

3-letter words (20 found)

AAL,AAS,AIA,AIL,AIS,ALA,ALS,ASS,AWA,AWL,LAS,LAW,LIS,SAI,SAL,SAW,SIS,WAI,WAS,WIS,

2-letter words (9 found)

AA,AI,AL,AS,AW,IS,LA,LI,SI,

You can make 61 words from wassail according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of wassail

wassail

Alternative forms

  • wasseil

Etymology

From Middle English wassail, from Old Norse ves heill (“be healthy!”), from the imperative of vesa (“to be”) + heill (“healthy”). The earliest documented use of the term is from the first part of the 12th century CE, in Geoffroy of Monmounth's Historia Regum Britanniae (see page's citations).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈwɑseɪl/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwɒseɪl/, /ˈwɒsl/, /ˈwæsl/
  • Rhymes: -ɑseɪl, -ɒseɪl, -ɒsəl, -æsəl

Noun

wassail (countable and uncountable, plural wassails)

  1. A toast to health, usually on a festive occasion.
  2. The beverage served during a wassail, especially one made of ale or wine flavoured with spices, sugar, roasted apples, etc.
  3. Revelry.
    • 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Phillip II
      The victors abandoned themselves to feasting and wassail.
  4. A festive or drinking song or glee.

Translations

Verb

wassail (third-person singular simple present wassails, present participle wassailing, simple past and past participle wassailed)

  1. (transitive) To toast, to drink to the health of another.
    The next morning he much regretted the gusto with which he had wassailed the night before.
  2. (intransitive) To drink wassail.
  3. To go from house to house at Christmastime, singing carols.

Synonyms

  • (go from house to house, singing carols): carol

Related terms

  • hail

See also

  • wassail on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Wassailing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Wassail in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Source: wiktionary.org