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— English words —

• whittle n. A knife; especially, a pocket knife, sheath knife, or clasp knife.
• whittle v. (Transitive or intransitive) To cut or shape wood with a knife.
• whittle v. (Transitive) To reduce or gradually eliminate something (such as a debt).
• whittle v. (Transitive, figurative) To make eager or excited; to excite with liquor; to inebriate.
• whittle n. (Archaic) A coarse greyish double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of England, over the shoulders…
• whittle n. (Archaic) A whittle shawl; a kind of fine woollen shawl, originally and especially a white one.
• Whittle prop.n. A surname.

— English word, defined in French —

• whittle v. Buriner, ciseler, tailler.

— English word, defined in Spanish —

• whittle v. Afilar.

51 English words from 7 English definitions

and Archaic blanket clasp clasp␣knife coarse countrywomen cut debt double eager eliminate England especially excite excited figurative fine gradually greyish inebriate intransitive kind kind␣of knife liquor make one originally over pocket pocket␣knife reduce shape shawl sheath sheath␣knife shoulders something such such␣as surname the Transitive west white whittle with wood woollen worn

4 foreign words from 2 foreign definitions

Afilar Buriner ciseler tailler

15 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

whittled whittler whittles Whittles whittlers Whittlesey Whittleseys Whittlesford Whittle-le-Woods whittle␣down␣to␣size Whittle␣likelihood whittled␣down␣to␣size Whittle␣likelihoods whittles␣down␣to␣size whittle␣the␣whalebone

12 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

hit HIT Hitt Hitt. Hittle itt ITT TLE TTL whit Whit Whitt

4 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

elt ELT LTT TTI

7 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

thwittle twitchel whittled whittler whittles Whittles witchlet

7 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Hewitt Hittle tewhit thwite twelth witlet wittle

3 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

shittle whirtle whistle

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

Hittle wittle

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