Definitions for orioles

orioles o·ri·ole

Spelling: [awr-ee-ohl, ohr-]
IPA: /ˈɔr iˌoʊl, ˈoʊr-/

Orioles is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 165 anagrams from letters in orioles (eiloors).

Definitions for orioles

noun

  1. any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World. Compare golden oriole.
  2. any of several brightly colored passerine birds of the family Icteridae, of the New World.

Origin of orioles

1770-80; French oriol, Old French Medieval Latin oriolus, variant of Latin aureolus golden, equivalent to aure(us) golden (derivative of aurum gold) + -olus -ole1

Examples for orioles

The next day, he spent the morning at Memorial Stadium pouring cokes at an oriole party for a hundred poor children.

The nest of nests, the ideal nest, is unquestionably that of the Baltimore oriole.

The parents had nothing like the work of the robin, oriole, or blue jay.

Take a dog and an oriole as good examples of the two extremes.

"All men who enter the forest are," answered the oriole, positively.

So the hornet is now an oriole, a bird that is loved by every one.

Why does the beaver build his dam, and the oriole hang her nest?

It is a bird of the same size as the Indian oriole (Oriolus kundoo).

She could hear the oriole singing in the elm; his song was almost articulate.

From the treetop come the sweet songs of the oriole and robin.

Word Value for orioles
Scrable

6

Words with friends

7

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