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tole
/toʊl/ · 4 letters · 4 distinct letters
- noun
enameled or lacquered metalware (usually gilded and elaborately painted); popular in the 18th century
the Pennsylvania Dutch tole watering can might be a reproduction but it looks convincing
Word history
1. From French tôle (“sheet iron”), from dialectal French taule (“table”), from Latin tabula. 2. From Old English *tyll, related to betyllan (“to allure”) and fortyllan (“to seduce”).
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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.