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idle

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Is idle a Scrabble word?

Yes, idle is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 5 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 idle?

Definition

adj (English)

1. (obsolete) Empty, vacant.Synonyms: bare, leer, voidobsolete

2. (obsolete) Light-headed; foolish.Examples: "The youth is idle"Synonyms: fatuous, unwise, asinine, balmy, barmy, bedaft, loony, daftobsolete

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume.transitive

2. (intransitive) To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business.Examples: "to idle in an IRC channel"; "He had already heard of the young man's projected journey — evidently the Comte de Combourg had written many letters while his son idled at St. Malo […]"intransitive

3. (intransitive) Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over.Examples: "High levels of all pollutants were found during time idling in stations."intransitive

4. (transitive) To cause (an engine) to idle(3)transitive

noun (English)

1. (mechanical engineering) The lowest selectable thrust or power setting of an engine.Examples: "a lumpy idle"; "A slight valve tap was audible at idle but was not noticeable otherwise."Synonyms: full throttle, wide open

2. (gaming) An idle animation.

3. (gaming) An idle game.Synonyms: idle game, incremental game

name (English)

1. (programming, Python) Initialism of Integrated DeveLopment Environment.abbreviationalt-ofinitialism

2. (programming, Python) Initialism of Integrated Development and Learning Environment.abbreviationalt-ofinitialism

3. (pathology) Acronym of indolent lesion of epithelial origin.Synonyms: IDEabbreviationacronymalt-of

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "idle"?

Scrabble
5 points
I1
D2
L1
E1
Words With Friends
6 points
I1
D2
L2
E1

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