streal

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

Scrabble points: 6
Words With Friends: 7
Letters: 6

Pronunciation

/ˈstɹiːl/

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/ˈstɹiːl/ · [ˈstɹ̝̊ʷɪi̯l] · [ˈst̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɪi̯l]

Definition of streal

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(rare)Beam, ray (e.g. of light).

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noun

(rare)Beam, ray (e.g. of light).
An arrow.
(Scotland, UK)Anything thrown or cast; a missile.

“With streals all wounded, with streals was I all wounded.”
(UK, dialectal)The pupil of the eye.

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Etymology

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From Middle English strele, stral, from Old English strǣl (“beam, ray, arrow, shaft, dart, missile”), from Proto-West Germanic *strālu (“arrow, ray, beam”), from Proto-Indo-European *strēl- *strēlā- (“arrow, beam”). Cognate with West Frisian striel (“arrow, dart, shaft”), Dutch straal (“radius, ray, beam, stream”), German Strahl (“beam, ray, spurt”), Swedish stråle (“beam, ray”), Icelandic strjál (“arrow”), Lithuanian strėlė (“arrow, dart, jib”), Russian стрела (strela, “arrow, dart”). See also streel.

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