Definitions For Hirple

Verb

hirpl (intransitive, Scotland, northern, _, UK) to walk with a limp, to drag a limb, to walk lamely; to move with a gait somewhere between walking and crawling.

Etymology

A word of {{unk, en, title=unknown}} origin, first recorded in Scots sources from the late w:en:15th century, fifteenth century; but probably from {{der, en, non, herpast, , to suffer from cramp}} the middle voice verb. Compare the {{cog, is, herpa, , to contract, to draw together}}.

Is Hirple a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
11
Words with Friends
12

The word Hirple is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends

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