wingle

Not valid in Scrabble

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

Scrabble points: 10
Words With Friends: 13
Letters: 6

Pronunciation

/wɪŋl/

Definition of wingle

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

(Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal)To bend or twist; wriggle back and forth.

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verb

(Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal)To bend or twist; wriggle back and forth.
(Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal)To be unsteady on one's feet; to walk with an unsteady gait; wobble; meander.

noun

(Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal)A fold or a convolution; something bent or twisted; a twist or a bend.

“That's an awful wingle of a road.”

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Etymology

From a merger of wangle, and dialectal Norwegian Nynorsk vingla (“to flutter, stumble about, go hither and thither, go astray, dangle”), related to Norwegian Bokmål vingle (“to wobble”), Swedish vingla (“to wobble”).