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Is marvel a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word marvel is a Scrabble US word. The word marvel is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

M3A1R1V4E1L1

Is marvel a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word marvel is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

M3A1R1V4E1L1

Is marvel a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word marvel is a Words With Friends word. The word marvel is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

M4A1R1V5E1L2

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6-letter words (2 found)

MARVEL,VERMAL,

5-letter words (7 found)

LAMER,LAVER,MAERL,MARLE,RAVEL,REALM,VELAR,

4-letter words (27 found)

ALME,ARLE,AVEL,AVER,EARL,LAER,LAME,LARE,LAVE,LEAM,LEAR,LEVA,MALE,MARE,MARL,MEAL,MELA,MERL,RALE,RAVE,REAL,REAM,VALE,VARE,VEAL,VELA,VERA,

3-letter words (24 found)

ALE,AME,ARE,ARM,AVE,EAR,ELM,ERA,ERM,LAM,LAR,LAV,LEA,LEV,MAE,MAL,MAR,MEL,RAM,RAV,REM,REV,VAE,VAR,

2-letter words (12 found)

AE,AL,AM,AR,EA,EL,EM,ER,LA,MA,ME,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 73 words from marvel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of marvel

marvel

English

Alternative forms

  • marvail, marvell

Etymology

First attested from 1300, from Middle English merveile, from Old French merveille (“a wonder”), from Vulgar Latin *miribilia, from Latin mīrābilia (“wonderful things”), from neuter plural of mīrābilis (“strange, wonderful”), from mīror (“I wonder at”), from mīrus (“wonderful”). Doublet of mirabilia.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɑɹvl̩/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɑːvl̩/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)vəl
  • Hyphenation: mar‧vel

Noun

marvel (plural marvels)

  1. That which causes wonder; a prodigy; a portent.
  2. (archaic) wonder, astonishment.

Derived terms

  • marvel grass
  • marvelous, marvellous
  • marvel of Peru

Translations

Verb

marvel (third-person singular simple present marvels, present participle (UK) marvelling or (US) marveling, simple past and past participle (UK) marvelled or (US) marveled)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To wonder at.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Wyclif to this entry?)
  2. (obsolete, transitive, used impersonally) To cause to wonder or be surprised.
    • 15th century, Anonymous, Richard the Redeless
      But much now me marvelleth.
  3. (intransitive) To become filled with wonderment or admiration; to be amazed at something.

Translations

Anagrams

  • vermal

Source: wiktionary.org