tale
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Is tale a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of tale?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (slang) The fraudulent opportunity presented by a confidence man to the mark or victim.slang
2. (obsolete) Number; tally; quota.Examples: "And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God."; "Both number twice a day the milky dams And once she takes the tale of all the lambs."; "To appease the angry god, two hundred children of the noblest families were picked out for sacrifice, and the tale of victims was swelled by not less than three hundred more who volunteered to die for the fatherland."obsolete
3. (obsolete) Account; estimation; regard; heed.obsolete
4. (obsolete) Speech; language.obsolete
5. (obsolete) A speech; a statement; talk; conversation; discourse.obsolete
6. (law, obsolete) A count; declaration.obsolete
verb (English)
1. (dialectal or obsolete) To speak; discourse; tell tales.dialectalobsolete
2. (dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To reckon; consider (someone) to have something.Scotlanddialectal
Definition source: Wiktionary