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Is winkle a Scrabble word?

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

W4I1N1K5L1E1

Is winkle a Scrabble UK word?

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

W4I1N1K5L1E1

Is winkle a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word winkle is a Words With Friends word. The word winkle is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

W4I1N2K5L2E1

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6-letter words (2 found)

WELKIN,WINKLE,

5-letter words (2 found)

INKLE,LIKEN,

4-letter words (15 found)

KEWL,KILN,KINE,KNEW,LIEN,LIKE,LINE,LINK,LWEI,WEIL,WELK,WIEL,WILE,WINE,WINK,

3-letter words (19 found)

EIK,ELK,EWK,IKE,ILK,INK,KEN,KIN,LEI,LEK,LEW,LIE,LIN,NEK,NEW,NIE,NIL,WEN,WIN,

2-letter words (8 found)

EL,EN,EW,IN,KI,LI,NE,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 47 words from winkle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of winkle

winkle

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɪŋkəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋkəl

Etymology 1

Short for periwinkle.

Noun

winkle (plural winkles)

  1. A periwinkle or its shell, of family Littorinidae.
  2. Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, especially, in the United States, either of two species Busycotypus canaliculatus and Busycon carica.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:winkle.
  3. (childish, slang) The penis, especially that of a child rather than that of an adult.
Synonyms
  • (Littorinidae): oyster drill
  • (Busycon and Busycotypus spp.): Fulgar carica, Busycon canaliculata
  • (childish: the penis): See also Thesaurus:penis
Derived terms
  • winkle (verb)
  • winkle-picker
Translations

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

winkle (third-person singular simple present winkles, present participle winkling, simple past and past participle winkled)

  1. Synonym of winkle out (“to acquire or extract with difficulty”)
Derived terms

Anagrams

  • Wilken, welkin

Source: wiktionary.org