Words · Rare
tootle
/ˈtutəl/ · 6 letters · 4 distinct letters
- noun
the sound of casual playing on a musical instrument
he enjoyed hearing the tootles of their horns as the musicians warmed up
- verb
play (a musical instrument) casually
the saxophone player was tootling a sad melody
Word history
From toot + le, frequentative.
From Wiktionary, under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 4.0
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.