Definitions For Sweal

Verb

(intransitive) To burn slowly. (intransitive) To melt and run down, as the tallow of a candle; waste away without feeding the flame. : (Sir Walter Scott) (transitive) To singe; scorch; dress (as a hog) with burning or singeing. (transitive, dialectal) To consume with fire; burn. (transitive, dialectal) To make disappear; cause to waste away; diminish; reduce.

Alternative forms

swale

Etymology

From Middle English swelen, from (compare ), from , from . Cognate with , , , . Related to swelter.

Anagrams

Swale, Wales, alews, lawes, swale, wales, weals

Is Sweal a Scrabble Word?

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

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
8
Words with Friends
9

The word Sweal is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends

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