frizzle

Plural: frizzles

Verb

Verb Forms: frizzled, frizzling, frizzles

To make or become frizzled, curled, or crisp.
fry something until it curls and becomes crisp
curl tightly
To fry something until crisp and curled.
To scorch.
To fry noisily, sizzle.
To curl or crisp, as hair; to frizz; to crinkle.

Noun

A curl; a lock of hair crisped.

Examples

She tried to frizz an eight-letter word from her remaining tiles, but it was too difficult.
The bacon frizzled in the pan.

Origin / Etymology

From frizz + -le. Cognate with Old Frisian frisle, fresle (“head of the hair, lock of hair”). More at frizz.

Synonyms

crape, crimp, frizz, kink, kink up

Scrabble Score: 28

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

Words With Friends Score: 29

frizzle: valid Words With Friends Word