sandal

Plural: sandals

Noun

a shoe consisting of a sole fastened by straps to the foot
A type of open shoe made up of straps or bands holding a sole to the foot
sandalwood
A long narrow boat used on the Barbary coast.

Verb

Verb Forms: sandaled, sandaling, sandals, sandalled, sandalling

To provide or wear sandals, a type of open-toed footwear.

Examples

He chose to SANDAL his word, giving it a light, open feel on the Words With Friends board.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English sandal (“sandal”), from Old French sandale, from Latin sandalium, from Ancient Greek σανδάλιον (sandálion), diminutive of σάνδαλον (sándalon, “sandal”), of unknown origin. Often mistakenly parsed as related to sand.

Scrabble Score: 7

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

Words With Friends Score: 9

sandal: valid Words With Friends Word