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Is wile a Scrabble word?

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

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Is wile a Scrabble UK word?

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

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4-letter words (4 found)

LWEI,WEIL,WIEL,WILE,

3-letter words (3 found)

LEI,LEW,LIE,

2-letter words (4 found)

EL,EW,LI,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

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

All 4 letters words made out of wile

wile iwle wlie lwie ilwe liwe wiel iwel weil ewil iewl eiwl wlei lwei weli ewli lewi elwi ilew liew ielw eilw leiw eliw

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

Definitions and meaning of wile

wile

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /waɪl/
  • Rhymes: -aɪl
  • Homophone: while

Etymology 1

From Middle English wile, wyle, from Old Northern French wile (guile) and Old English wīl (wile, trick) and wiġle (divination), from Proto-Germanic *wīlą (craft, deceit) (from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (to turn, bend)) and Proto-Germanic *wigulą, *wihulą (prophecy) (from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (to consecrate, hallow, make holy)). Cognate with Icelandic vél, væl (artifice, craft, device, fraud, trick), Dutch wijle.

Noun

wile (plural wiles)

  1. (usually in the plural) A trick or stratagem practiced for ensnaring or deception; a sly, insidious artifice
    He was seduced by her wiles.
Synonyms
  • beguilement
  • allurement
Derived terms
  • wileful
  • wily
Related terms
  • guile
Translations

Verb

wile (third-person singular simple present wiles, present participle wiling, simple past and past participle wiled)

  1. (transitive) To entice or lure.
Derived terms
  • bewile
  • outwile
  • wile out

Etymology 2

The phrase meaning to pass time idly is while away. We can trace the meaning in an adjectival sense for while back to Old English, hwīlen, "passing, transitory". It is also seen in whilend, "temporary, transitory". But since wile away occurs so often, it is now included in many dictionaries.

Verb

wile

  1. Misspelling of while (to pass the time).
    Here's a pleasant way to wile away the hours.

References

  • Grammarist.com While away or wile away?
  • Common Errors in the English Language Wile Away, While Away

Anagrams

  • Lewi, Liew, Weil, lwei

Mapudungun

Noun

wile (Raguileo spelling)

  1. tomorrow

Synonyms

  • ule
  • wvle

References

  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English wīl, wiġle (wile, trick), cognate with Old Norse vél (artifice, craft).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwiːl(ə)/

Noun

wile

  1. wile, trick, artifice
  2. a sorcerer

Derived terms

  • wili

Descendants

  • English: wile

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvi.lɛ/
  • Rhymes: -ilɛ
  • Syllabification: wi‧le

Noun

wile m

  1. locative/vocative singular of wił

Noun

wile f

  1. dative/locative singular of wiła

Further reading

  • wile in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Source: wiktionary.org