Definitions For Pightle
Noun
PIGHTLE (plural PIGHTLEs) (archaic, dialect) A small piece of enclosed land, often by a hedge. Some authorities also indicate that a pightle tends to be associated with a house or messuage.Alternative forms
piddle, pighell, pighill, pightal, pightel, pightell, picle, pikle, pingle (dialect form reported by Johnson), pycle, pyghtle, pykle, pytleEtymology
Uncertain; probably a appendix:glossary#diminutive, diminutive; forms widely attested from the early 13th century CE. Manning sees two different origins for the picle and pightle types, picle deriving from the verb to pick, as a portion of land picked off from a larger field, but pightle deriving from pight, an archaic past participle of the verb to pitch, as a portion of land pitched or set out from an open field. Since many dictionaries conflate the two terms, it is likely that they have influenced each other. pingle, pingle seems to have appeared somewhat later than the other two types. Many instances of alternation with them are known, but it is unclear if it has a separate origin. Reformation by folk etymology with terms like piddle and pigtail is common.Anagrams
pightelIs Pightle a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
NO
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
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Points in Different Games
Scrabble
13
Words with Friends
15
The word Pightle is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends