doyle

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
9
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/dɔɪl/

Definition of doyle

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. A surname from Irish.
    “But if you really insist she'll retell the unfortunate case of a man named Sean Doyle. […] According to Dr Melinek, Doyle was a bartender in the Big Apple who'd been out drinking with his friend Michael Wright and Wright’s girlfriend on a fateful night back in 2002. It's thought that Wright had believed Doyle was hitting on his girlfriend and the pair got into an argument.”
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name

  1. A surname from Irish.
    “But if you really insist she'll retell the unfortunate case of a man named Sean Doyle. […] According to Dr Melinek, Doyle was a bartender in the Big Apple who'd been out drinking with his friend Michael Wright and Wright’s girlfriend on a fateful night back in 2002. It's thought that Wright had believed Doyle was hitting on his girlfriend and the pair got into an argument.”
  2. A census-designated place in Lassen County, California, United States.

noun

  1. (Teesside)An idiot.

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Etymology

From Irish Ó Dubhghaill (“descendant of Dougal”).

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