dole

dole is a 4-letter English word with 10 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: grief; sorrow; lamentation. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 6 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. noun. grief; sorrow; lamentation.
2. noun. See Dolus.
3. noun. Distribution; dealing; apportionment.
4. noun. That which is dealt out; a part, share, or portion also, a scanty share or allowance.
5. noun. Alms; charitable gratuity or portion.
6. noun. A boundary; a landmark.
7. noun. A void space left in tillage.
8. transitive verb. To deal out in small portions; to distribute, as a dole; to deal out scantily or grudgingly.
9. noun. money received from the state

   Synonyms: pogey, pogy

10. noun. a share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given

Synonyms

pogey, pogy

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in dole:

elod, lode, loed, odel, olde, oled

Common word forms

doled, doles, doling, doleful

Words from these letters

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