UnscrambleTheWord.co

bottle

Is it a Scrabble word? See definition, points, and words you can make.

Is bottle a Scrabble word?

Yes, bottle is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 8 points in Scrabble.

Word Games

  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of bottle?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (British, informal) (originally "bottle and glass" as rhyming slang for "arse") Nerve, courage.Examples: "You don’t have the bottle to do that!"; "He was going to ask her out, but he lost his bottle when he saw her."Synonyms: balls, courage, guts, nerve, pluckBritishinformal

2. (attributive, of a person with a particular hair color) A container of hair dye, hence with one’s hair color produced by dyeing.Examples: "Did you know he’s a bottle brunette? His natural hair color is strawberry blonde."attributive

3. (figurative) Intoxicating liquor; alcohol.Examples: "to drown one’s troubles in the bottle"; "to hit the bottle"; "See that black boy over there runnin' scared / His ol' man's in a bottle / He done quit his 9 to 5 to drink full time / So now he's livin' in the bottle."figuratively

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To seal (a liquid) into a bottle for later consumption. Also fig.Examples: "This plant bottles vast quantities of spring water every day."; "The temptation is to regard him [John Ogdon] as an idiot savant, a big talent bottled inside a recalcitrant body and accompanied by a personality that seems not just unremarkable, but almost entirely blank."transitive

2. (transitive, British) To feed (an infant) baby formula.Examples: "Because of complications she can't breast feed her baby and so she bottles him."Britishtransitive

3. (British, slang) To refrain from doing (something) at the last moment because of a sudden loss of courage.Examples: "The rider bottled the big jump."Britishslang

4. (British, slang, sports) To throw away a leading position.Examples: "Arsenal bottled the Premier League."Britishslang

5. (British, slang) To strike (someone) with a bottle.Examples: "He was bottled at a nightclub and had to have facial surgery."Britishslang

6. (British, slang) To pelt (a musical act on stage, etc.) with bottles as a sign of disapproval.Examples: "Meat Loaf was once bottled at Reading Festival."Britishslang

noun (English)

1. (UK, dialectal or obsolete) A dwelling; habitation.UKdialectalobsolete

2. (UK, dialectal) A building; house.UKdialectal

noun (English)

1. (obsolete) A bundle, especially of hay; something tied in a bundle.Examples: "I was no ſooner in the middle of the pond, but my horſe vaniſht away, and I ſat vpon a bottle of hey, neuer ſo neare drowning in my life: […]"; "[…]Me-thinkes I haue a great deſire to a bottle of hay: good hay, ſweete hay hath no fellow."; "Don Pedro. Well, if ever thou dost fall from this faith, thou wilt prove a notable argument. / Benedick. If I do, hang me in a bottle like a cat and shoot at me; and he that hits me, let him be clapped on the shoulder and called Adam."obsolete

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "bottle"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "bottle"?

Scrabble
8 points
B3
O1
T1
T1
L1
E1
Words With Friends
10 points
B4
O1
T1
T1
L2
E1

Browse related word lists

← Unscramble different letters