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What does wheedle mean? Is wheedle a Scrabble word?

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Is wheedle a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word wheedle is a Scrabble US word. The word wheedle is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

W4H4E1E1D2L1E1

Is wheedle a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word wheedle is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

W4H4E1E1D2L1E1

Is wheedle a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word wheedle is a Words With Friends word. The word wheedle is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

W4H3E1E1D2L2E1

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7-letter words (2 found)

WHEEDLE,WHEELED,

6-letter words (1 found)

HEELED,

5-letter words (4 found)

HELED,HEWED,WEDEL,WHEEL,

4-letter words (14 found)

DELE,EEEW,EHED,HEED,HEEL,HELD,HELE,LEDE,LEED,LEWD,WEED,WEEL,WELD,WHEE,

3-letter words (14 found)

DEE,DEL,DEW,EDH,EEL,EEW,ELD,EWE,HEW,LED,LEE,LEW,WED,WEE,

2-letter words (8 found)

DE,ED,EE,EH,EL,EW,HE,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 44 words from wheedle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of wheedle

wheedle

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps continuing Middle English wedlen (“to beg, ask for alms”), from Old English wǣdlian (“to be poor, be needy, be in want, beg”), from Proto-Germanic *wēþlōną (“to be in need”).

Alternatively (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?), borrowed from German wedeln (“to wag one's tail”), from Middle High German wedelen, a byform of Middle High German wadelen (“to wander, waver, wave, whip, stroke, flutter”), from Old High German wādalōn (“to wander, roam, rove”). In this case, it may be a doublet of waddle, or an independently formed etymological equivalent.

The ⟨wh⟩ spelling (reflecting pronunciations with /ʍ/) is apparently unetymological. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “What is the origin of the "wh"?”)

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈʍiː.dəl/ (without the wine-whine merger)
  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈwiː.dəl/ (with the wine-whine merger)
  • Rhymes: -iːdəl

Verb

wheedle (third-person singular simple present wheedles, present participle wheedling, simple past and past participle wheedled)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To cajole or attempt to persuade by flattery.
  2. (transitive) To obtain by flattery, guile, or trickery.

Derived terms

  • wheedler
  • wheedling
  • wheedlesome

Translations

Noun

wheedle (plural wheedles)

  1. (archaic) A coaxing person.

Anagrams

  • wheeled

Source: wiktionary.org