cuttle

Meanings

Plural: cuttles

Noun

ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell
Synonym of cuttlefish.
A knife.
A foul-mouthed fellow.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English cutil, codel, codul, from Old English cudele (“cuttlefish”), a diminutive from Proto-Germanic *kudilǭ, from Proto-Germanic *kuddô + -ilǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gewt- (“pouch, sack”), from *gew- (“to bend, bow, arch, vault, curve”). Equivalent to cod + -le (diminutive suffix). Compare dialectal German Kudele (“cuttlefish”), Norwegian kaule (“cuttlefish”).

Synonyms

cuttlefish

Scrabble Score: 8

cuttle is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
cuttle is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cuttle is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

cuttle is a valid Words With Friends word