Ratel 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 82 anagrams from letters in ratel (aelrt).
1770-80; Afrikaans Dutch dialect ratel, variant of raat honeycomb; perhaps originally a compound with this word, referring to the animal's fondness for honey
I have already alluded to the Cape ratel doing this on the look-out for bees.
ratel, when imprisoned, confessed all, and committed suicide before the time assigned for trial.
It is greyish yellow above and blackish beneath, presenting, as has been remarked, a curious similarity to the ratel.
The Zibu or mbuidé flies at the tendon Achilles; it is most likely the ratel.
More curious still is the ratel, which belongs to the family of badgers.
So it seems quite certain that a ratel never gets stung, no matter how many nests he may rob.
But if the ratel is odd in appearance, it is odder still in habits.