towle

Not valid in Scrabble

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

Scrabble points: 8
Words With Friends: 9
Letters: 5

Definition of towle

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

name

(countable, uncountable)A surname.

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name

(countable, uncountable)A surname.
(countable, uncountable)An unincorporated community in Placer County, California, United States, named after lumbermen George and Allen Towle.

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Etymology

* As an English surname, from Middle English Tolle, a pet form of Anglo-Norman Torald, common name in Normandy from Old Norse Thóraldr, from Þórr (“Thor”) + vald (“rule, power”) (from Proto-Germanic *waldą). * The Middle English name was also Anglicized from Old Norse Tóli; see Tooley. Compare also Tolson. * Also as an English surname, variant of Towell.