Definitions for inglenook

inglenook in·gle·nook

Spelling: [ing-guh l-noo k]
IPA: /ˈɪŋ gəlˌnʊk/

Inglenook is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 226 anagrams from letters in inglenook (egiklnnoo).

Definitions for inglenook

noun

  1. a corner or nook near a fireplace; chimney corner.

Origin of inglenook

First recorded in 1765-75; ingle + nook

Examples for inglenook

The latter began to move with uncertain steps after Phyllida, who shrank towards the shelter of the inglenook.

"Maybe they've got safe off towards the Cornish coast," said Kitty Trefyre, who sat knitting in the inglenook.

Less widely known histories, each the traditional subject of inglenook talk in its own valley, may be found at every step.

At one side the dark wainscoting yawned to a cavernous fireplace and inglenook with seats in black leather.

An enormous wood fire blazed at one end of the hall, and in the inglenook sat a girl of some twenty summers.

The child fled to comforting arms in the inglenook and cried herself to sleep.

The old wife sang merrily as she sat in the inglenook stirring the soup, for she had never felt so sad.

Here in the almost severe wainscoting, in inglenook and chimney-corner, one found the index to his fancy.

"Noo," said Mr. Traill, when his overcome little guests were seated at a table in the inglenook.

The same evening saw her seated in the inglenook opposite Nicholas Snyders, who smoked and seemed bored.

Word Value for inglenook
Scrable

14

Words with friends

18

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