chessil
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 7
/ˈt͡ʃɛsəl/
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/ˈt͡ʃɛsəl/ · /ˈt͡ʃɛzəl/
Definition of chessil
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(uncountable)gravel or pebbles
“It might seem probable that such masses as chessil bank, and the beds about Brighton, &c. were lodged, prior to the Deluge, upon the sea shore, and thrown into their present situation by that catastrophe”
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Etymology
From Middle English chisel, chesil, from Old English ċeosel, ċisel (“gravel, sand”), from Proto-West Germanic *kesul (“gravel, pebble”).
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