atinkle
Not valid in Scrabble
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
- 7
/əˈtɪŋkəl/
Definition of atinkle
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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(not-comparable)Making a tinkling sound.
“The mountain vale, arousing Ocean, sings, And all the air’s a-tinkle as with strings;”
“1894, Kenneth Grahame, “The Fairy Wicket” in Pagan Papers, London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, p. 91, […] every copse and hedge-row seems a-tinkle with faint elfish laughter.”
“O Love! were you the hooded hawk upon my hand that flutters, Its collar-band of gleaming bells atinkle as I ride,”
“Impossibles march gaily for Gay Pride, ashaming any spectator a marcher would yearn to be matey with, mincing atinkle with bangles and lavender marcel”
“Somewhere inside a full-mouthed bell tolled; its reverberations set the chandelier a-tinkle […]”
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Etymology
From a- + tinkle.
Words you can make from atinkle
149 playable · top: ANTLIKE (11 pts)
Best play antlike 11 points6-letter words
8 words5-letter words
24 words4-letter words
57 words- AKIN 8 pts
- IKAT 8 pts
- ILKA 8 pts
- KAIL 8 pts
- KAIN 8 pts
- KALE 8 pts
- KANE 8 pts
- KELT 8 pts
- KENT 8 pts
- KETA 8 pts
- KILN 8 pts
- KILT 8 pts
- KINA 8 pts
- KINE 8 pts
- KITE 8 pts
- KNIT 8 pts
- LAKE 8 pts
- LANK 8 pts
- LEAK 8 pts
- LIKE 8 pts
- LINK 8 pts
- TAKE 8 pts
- TALK 8 pts
- TANK 8 pts
- TEAK 8 pts
- TIKE 8 pts
- ALIT 4 pts
- ANIL 4 pts
- ANTE 4 pts
- ANTI 4 pts
- ELAN 4 pts
- ETNA 4 pts
- ILEA 4 pts
- LAIN 4 pts
- LANE 4 pts
- LATE 4 pts
- LATI 4 pts
- LEAN 4 pts
- LENT 4 pts
- LIEN 4 pts
- LINE 4 pts
- LINT 4 pts
- LITE 4 pts
- NAIL 4 pts
- NEAT 4 pts
- NITE 4 pts
- TAEL 4 pts
- TAIL 4 pts
- TAIN 4 pts
- TALE 4 pts
- TALI 4 pts
- TEAL 4 pts
- TEIN 4 pts
- TELA 4 pts
- TIAN 4 pts
- TILE 4 pts
- TINE 4 pts
3-letter words
40 words- ELK 7 pts
- ILK 7 pts
- INK 7 pts
- KAE 7 pts
- KAT 7 pts
- KEA 7 pts
- KEN 7 pts
- KIN 7 pts
- KIT 7 pts
- LEK 7 pts
- AIL 3 pts
- AIN 3 pts
- AIT 3 pts
- ALE 3 pts
- ALT 3 pts
- ANE 3 pts
- ANI 3 pts
- ANT 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- LAT 3 pts
- LEA 3 pts
- LEI 3 pts
- LET 3 pts
- LIE 3 pts
- LIN 3 pts
- LIT 3 pts
- NAE 3 pts
- NET 3 pts
- NIL 3 pts
- NIT 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAN 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TEL 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
- TIL 3 pts
- TIN 3 pts
2-letter words
19 wordsFind your best play with atinkle
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