drinkle
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 7
Definition of drinkle
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
-
(transitive)To drink (an alcoholic beverage); also, to cause (someone) to drink such a beverage; to drench; to drown.
“We built a fire in the huge fireplace, then sat around drinkling bootleg beer and whiskey, compliments of Joe himself, Valley High's greatest athlete.”
See all 3 definitions Show less
verb
-
(transitive)To drink (an alcoholic beverage); also, to cause (someone) to drink such a beverage; to drench; to drown.
“We built a fire in the huge fireplace, then sat around drinkling bootleg beer and whiskey, compliments of Joe himself, Valley High's greatest athlete.”
-
(intransitive)To drink an alcoholic beverage; also, to become intoxicated; to get drunk.
“'Get this one into bed and it's a royal flush!' His face twinkled, his gums sparkled, his eyes kindled, his brow darkened. I bridled and bristled, nettled and rankled, then drinkled and drankled some more.”
-
(intransitive)To drown.
“And the Mercury states that "the heavy rain drenched the field, and most betook themselves to a retreat, but the rats were all drinkled".”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English drinklen, drinkelen, drenklen (“to plunge, drown”), from Old English *drenclian (“to drown”), frequentative form of Old English drenċan (“to give to drink, give drink to, drench, make drunk, ply with drink; soak, saturate; submerge, drown, plunge; sink”), equivalent to drink + -le and drench + -le. Compare dronkle, drunkle.
Words you can make from drinkle
99 playable · top: KINDLER (12 pts)
Best play kindler 12 points6-letter words
8 words5-letter words
15 words4-letter words
37 words- DIKE 9 pts
- DINK 9 pts
- DIRK 9 pts
- DREK 9 pts
- KIND 9 pts
- KEIR 8 pts
- KERN 8 pts
- KIER 8 pts
- KILN 8 pts
- KINE 8 pts
- KIRN 8 pts
- LIKE 8 pts
- LINK 8 pts
- RINK 8 pts
- DEIL 5 pts
- DELI 5 pts
- DENI 5 pts
- DIEL 5 pts
- DINE 5 pts
- DIRE 5 pts
- DIRL 5 pts
- IDLE 5 pts
- IRED 5 pts
- LEND 5 pts
- LIED 5 pts
- NERD 5 pts
- NIDE 5 pts
- REND 5 pts
- RIDE 5 pts
- RIND 5 pts
- LIEN 4 pts
- LIER 4 pts
- LINE 4 pts
- LIRE 4 pts
- REIN 4 pts
- RIEL 4 pts
- RILE 4 pts
3-letter words
27 words2-letter words
11 wordsFind your best play with drinkle
See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes drinkle, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.