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Is whistle a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word whistle is a Scrabble US word. The word whistle is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

W4H4I1S1T1L1E1

Is whistle a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word whistle is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

W4H4I1S1T1L1E1

Is whistle a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word whistle is a Words With Friends word. The word whistle is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

W4H3I1S1T1L2E1

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7-letter words (1 found)

WHISTLE,

6-letter words (7 found)

LITHES,SWITHE,TEHSIL,WHILES,WHILST,WHITES,WITHES,

5-letter words (38 found)

HEILS,HEIST,HILTS,ISLET,ISTLE,LEISH,LEWIS,LITES,LITHE,LITHS,LWEIS,SHIEL,SHITE,SIETH,SITHE,STEIL,STILE,SWELT,SWILE,SWITH,TEILS,THEWS,TILES,WEILS,WELSH,WELTS,WHETS,WHILE,WHIST,WHITE,WHITS,WIELS,WILES,WILTS,WISHT,WITES,WITHE,WITHS,

4-letter words (59 found)

EISH,ELHI,ELTS,ETHS,EWTS,HEIL,HEST,HETS,HEWS,HIES,HILT,HIST,HITS,ISLE,LEIS,LEST,LETS,LIES,LIST,LITE,LITH,LITS,LWEI,SEIL,SHET,SHEW,SHIT,SILE,SILT,SITE,SITH,SLEW,SLIT,STEW,STIE,TEIL,TELS,TEWS,THEW,THIS,TIES,TILE,TILS,WEIL,WELS,WELT,WEST,WETS,WHET,WHIT,WIEL,WILE,WILT,WISE,WISH,WIST,WITE,WITH,WITS,

3-letter words (37 found)

EHS,ELS,ELT,EST,ETH,EWT,HES,HET,HEW,HIE,HIS,HIT,ISH,ITS,LEI,LES,LET,LEW,LIE,LIS,LIT,SEI,SEL,SET,SEW,SHE,SIT,TEL,TES,TEW,THE,TIE,TIL,TIS,WET,WIS,WIT,

2-letter words (16 found)

EH,EL,ES,ET,EW,HE,HI,IS,IT,LI,SH,SI,ST,TE,TI,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 159 words from whistle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of whistle

whistle

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wɪsl̩/, /ʍɪsl̩/
  • Rhymes: -ɪsəl

Etymology 1

From Middle English whistel, whistil, whistle, from Old English hwistle, from the verb (see below).

Noun

whistle (countable and uncountable, plural whistles)

  2. A device designed to be placed in the mouth and blown, or driven by steam or some other mechanism, to make a whistling sound.
  3. An act of whistling.
  5. A shrill, high-pitched sound made by whistling.
  6. Any high-pitched sound similar to the sound made by whistling.
    the whistle of the wind in the trees
  7. (Cockney rhyming slang) A suit (from whistle and flute).
  8. (colloquial) The mouth and throat; so called as being the organs of whistling.
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Etymology 2

From Middle English whistlen, from Old English hwistlan, hwistlian (“to whistle”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwistlōn, from Proto-Germanic *hwistlōną (“to make a hissing sound”). Cognate with Icelandic hvísla (“to whisper”), Russian свистеть (svistetʹ, “to whistle”).

Verb

whistle (third-person singular simple present whistles, present participle whistling, simple past and past participle whistled)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To make a shrill, high-pitched sound by forcing air through the mouth. To produce a whistling sound, restrictions to the flow of air are created using the teeth, tongue and lips.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To make a similar sound by forcing air through a musical instrument or a pipe etc.
  3. (intransitive) To move in such a way as to create a whistling sound.
  4. (transitive) To send, signal, or call by a whistle.
  5. (intransitive, Opus Dei, slang) To request admission to Opus Dei, a Roman Catholic organization.
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See also

  • whistle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Whistle in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

  • whilest

Source: wiktionary.org