spaddle

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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
7

Definition of spaddle

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (obsolete)A little spade.
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noun

  1. (obsolete)A little spade.
  2. (obsolete)A kitchen tool that is flattened at one end, similar to a spatula, usually made of wood or copper.
    “Pick the stalks from the strawberries, and put them into a large copper preserving pan; mash them with your spaddle to break them as much as you can;”
    “when it is all sifted return it back again into the mortar, and with a strong wooden spaddle mix in as much white of egg, one or two at a time, as will make the almonds into paste ; work it well with the spaddle till the paste becomes perfectly smooth :”

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Etymology

Probably spade + -le, but compare spattle and paddle.

Anagrams of spaddle

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