akela

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
10
Letters
5

Definition of akela

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. A fictional wolf character in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.
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name

  1. A fictional wolf character in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.

noun

  1. The leader of a pack of Cub Scouts.
    “Many packs have a sixer's council where the sixers, and sometimes the seconds, meet with Akela and some of the other leaders.”
    “The incident that cost him his licence, flying his plane too close to a Scout hut, followed the discovery that his wife was having an affair with a local Akela.”
  2. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of Akela.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani اَکیلَا (akelā) / अकेला (akelā, “alone”).

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Hooks

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