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thole
/θoʊl/ · 5 letters · 5 distinct letters
- noun
a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
Word history
From Middle English thōle, from tholen, tholien, from Old English þolian, from Proto West Germanic *þolēn, from Proto Germanic *þulāną (“to suffer”), from Proto Indo European *telh₂ (“to bear, suffer; to support”), compare Norwegian Bokmål tåle.
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Why this word counts
- Where it comes from
- Listed in the English Speller Database at size 60: a larger list with less common words.
- How common it is
- Rarer than once in ten million words.
- In the spelling bee
- Bonus word It’s waiting for an editor’s review because it’s only in the less common word lists. Until then it scores as a bonus word.