Definitions for Tamale

Tamale ta·ma·le

Spelling: [tuh-mah-lee]
IPA: /təˈmɑ li/

Tamale is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 107 anagrams from letters in Tamale (aaelmt).

Definitions for Tamale

noun

  1. a Mexican dish made of minced and seasoned meat packed in cornmeal dough, wrapped in corn husks, and steamed.
  2. a city in N Ghana.

Origin of Tamale

1605-15, Americanism; construed as singular of Mexican Spanish tamales, plural of tamal Nahuatl tamalli

Examples for Tamale

A hot 13 tamale, like that Mexican fruit which burns you if you bite into it!

tamale lifted his head and gazed inquiringly up the hill; but Bob was not observant of signs just then.

The tamale is still a favorite dish, like tortillas and frijoles.

She promised to give us all a tamale supper tonight, you know.

Beltrán Leyva, a gourmand, was savoring his tamale with its filling of roasted corn.

Three rods were stuck into its head, upon each of which was spitted a tamale, or native pie.

tamale stirred restlessly with head uplifted and ears pointed straight before up the steep bluff.

There she resumed her tamale in the intervals of conversation.

In the middle of the street was a tamale stand surrounded by patrons.

Bob turned and glanced the way tamale was looking; saw nothing, and settled down again on the small of his back.

Word Value for Tamale
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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