Definitions For Wastel

Noun

WASTEL. (countable and uncountable, plural WASTELs) (obsolete) A kind of fine white bread or cake.

Etymology

From Middle English wastel, from {{der, en, fro, wastel}}, gastel}} (> {{cog, fr, gâteau}}), from {{der, en, LL., wastellum}}, from {{der, en, frk, wastil}}, perhaps from {{cog, gem-pro, *wistiz ("sustenance, food"), from {{der, en, ine-pro, *wes-, t=to be}}. Cognate with {{cog, gmh, wastel, t=a kind of bread}}. Compare {{cog, goh, wist, t=food}} and {{cog, ang, wist, t=food}}. {{doublet, en, gateau}}.

Anagrams

Ewalts, awlets

Is Wastel 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
9
Words with Friends
10

The word Wastel is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends

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