Definitions for astraddle

astraddle a·strad·dle

Spelling: [uh-strad-l]
IPA: /əˈstræd l/

Astraddle is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 412 anagrams from letters in astraddle (aaddelrst).

Definitions for astraddle

adverb, adjective, preposition

  1. astride with one leg on each side of; astride:

Origin of astraddle

First recorded in 1695-1705; a-1 + straddle

Examples for astraddle

The antagonists in the strange duello sat back to back, astraddle a seat.

Set him astraddle the wooden horse with a spear shaft at either foot to teach him that a soldier's first duty is not to think.

He made a few turns around the room, astraddle of his chair, and ended by a grand somersault, as if his steed had dismounted him.

Having careered, plunging and tugging and side-stepping, until she was astraddle of the outside trace, Jenny stopped.

astraddle on Tono-Bungay, he flashed athwart the empty heavens—like a comet—rather, like a stupendous rocket!

Word Value for astraddle
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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