Definitions for rattler

rattler rat·tler

Spelling: [rat-ler]
IPA: /ˈræt lər/

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

You can make 107 anagrams from letters in rattler (aelrrtt).

Definitions for rattler

noun

  1. a rattlesnake.
  2. a person or thing that rattles.
  3. Informal. a fast freight train.

Origin of rattler

late Middle English word dating back to 1400-50; See origin at rattle1, -er1

Examples for rattler

Shun idleness as you do the sting of a hornet, or the bite of a rattler.

The black snake doesn't sting you, and yet he'll kill the rattler every time.

I bought the Brantlock Ranch from you the other day, rattler.

It's 'bout like puttin' your hand in a rattler's den to git him by the tail, I'd say.

Jasper Swope had whirled back from the blow as a rattler throws his coils.

I guessed a rattler, or a bear, or—or something had got busy scaring you to death.

I could feel that rattler on my arm all the way to Lake Tahoe.

But the rattler was more surely fatal when it struck than the bullet.

There was not a stick in sight, and not a stone bigger than a hazelnut; but there was the rattler.

But from what you say, I'd rather be in bed with a rattler than have a treaty with a Vegan.

Word Value for rattler
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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