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eckle

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

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
13
Letters
5

Definition of eckle

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (dialectal)An icicle.
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noun

  1. (dialectal)An icicle.
  2. (dialectal, plural-normally)The crest of a cock.
  3. (dialectal)A woodpecker.

verb

  1. (Northern-England, intransitive)To aim; intend; design.

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Etymology

From a variation of ickle (“icicle”), from Middle English ikil, ykle, from Old English ġicel (“ice, icicle”), from Proto-West Germanic *jikil, from Proto-Germanic *jekulaz (“piece of ice”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH- (“icefloe, icicle”). More at ickle.

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