Definitions for islet

islet is·let

Spelling: [ahy-lit]
IPA: /ˈaɪ lɪt/

Islet is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 78 anagrams from letters in islet (eilst).

Definitions for islet

noun

  1. a very small island.

adjective

  1. Anatomy. situated in or pertaining to the islet of Langerhans:

Origin of islet

From the Middle French word islette, dating back to 1530-40. See isle, -et

Examples for islet

First the two men at the Antico Giuseppone, and now this man on the islet!

Then the inhabitants of the house on the islet were not asleep, were not even in bed.

But she did not ask him what it was, for already they were at the islet, and she must run in, and put on her clothes.

Hassim and Immada would come down to the coast and wait for him on the islet.

They were on the upper extremity of the islet, while I was approaching it from below.

The islet, dark and distinct in outline beneath the moon, summoned him.

"When I came to the top of the islet the Signorina was with that boy," the Marchesino continued.

Lingard, standing to leeward abreast of the wheel, watched the islet first seen.

Nevertheless he had suddenly made the islet seem different to her.

The great island became a small island, the small island an islet.

Word Value for islet
Scrable

5

Words with friends

6

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