tirl

Plural: tirls

Verb

Verb Forms: tirled, tirling, tirls

To make a vibrating or rattling sound.
To quiver; to vibrate; to veer about.
To make a rattling or clattering sound by twirling or shaking.
To twist.
To strip; to unroof.

Noun

A vibration.
A substitute for a trundle wheel or lantern wheel in a mill.

Examples

The bag of tiles would TIRL and clatter as players eagerly drew their letters.

Origin / Etymology

From archaic trill (“spin, twiddle”), probably related to Old English þweran (“to twirl, stir”). Compare twirl, thirl.

Scrabble Score: 4

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

Words With Friends Score: 5

tirl: valid Words With Friends Word