Definitions for addle

addle ad·dle

Spelling: [ad-l]
IPA: /ˈæd l/

Addle is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 49 anagrams from letters in addle (addel).

Definitions for addle

adjective

  1. mentally confused; muddled.
  2. rotten:

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to make or become confused.
  2. to make or become rotten, as eggs.

Origin of addle

before 1000; Middle English adel rotten, Old English adela liquid, filth; cognate with Middle Low German adele liquid manure

Examples for addle

My head, too, is as addle as an egg this morning, with dining abroad yesterday.

"Don't sit on them with your head downward, or you'll addle them," said Mr. Brush, fiercely.

My strong ale must have got into your addle pate with a vengeance.

As the sayin' is: 'The tongue of a woman, at last it biteth like a serpent an' it stingeth like an addle,' an' I guess it's so.

The fumes of the wine were mounting steadily to addle his indifferent brains.

Thy head is as full of quarrels as an egg is full of meat, and yet thy head hath been beaten as addle as an egg for quarrelling.

I'm not behowden to ye for mich, as how 'tis—I reckon I addle my mate.

One drink will addle a person's wits and the second will act as an antidote.

Party debate will addle your pate, ex-parte "facts" bring dizziness.

And ever since he had been repeating to himself, “What do they addle?”

Word Value for addle
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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