dottle

Plural: dottles

Noun

A small mass of unburnt tobacco left in a pipe.
the residue of partially burnt tobacco left caked in the bowl of a pipe after smoking
A plug or tap of a vessel.
A small rounded lump or mass.
The still burning or wholly burnt tobacco plug in a pipe.
A baby's dummy, pacifier.
A dotard.

Verb

To set pottery flatware horizontally on thimbles.

Adj

Stupid or senile.

Examples

He found DOTTLE, a tricky word, to extend his opponent’s word for a big score.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English dottel, dottelle (“a plug or tap of a vessel”), a diminutive of Old English dott (> English dot (“a point”)), equivalent to dot + -le. Related to Old English dyttan (“to stop up, clot”), Dutch dot (“a knot, lump, clod”), Low German Dutte (“a plug”). More at dit.

Synonyms

dodipole, dotard, dotel

Scrabble Score: 7

dottle: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
dottle: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dottle: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

dottle: valid Words With Friends Word