Definitions For Nurdle

Noun

NURDLE (plural NURDLEs) (cricket) Such a shot. A cylindrical shaped pre-production plastic pellet used in manufacturing and packaging. A blob of toothpaste shaped like a wave, often depicted on toothpaste packaging.http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/nurdle/http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2010/07/29/colgate-glaxosmithkline-set-to-battle-over-toothpaste-nurdle/ Wall Street Journal, July 29, 2010, "Colgate, GlaxoSmithKline, Set to Battle Over Toothpaste ‘Nurdle’"

Verb

nurdl (cricket) To score runs by gently nudging the ball into vacant areas of the field.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/6668549.stm 1349: "Collingwood picks up the first run after lunch with a nurdle to wide mid-on." (conversation) To gently waffle or muse on a subject which one clearly knows little about.

Etymology

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Anagrams

Rundle, lurden, nurled, rundel, rundle

Is Nurdle a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
7
Words with Friends
10

The word Nurdle is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends

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