mallet

mallet is a 6-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A small maul with a short handle, -- used esp. for driving a tool, as a chisel or the like; also, a light beetle with a long handle, -- used in playing croquet. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 11 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A small maul with a short handle, -- used esp. for driving a tool, as a chisel or the like; also, a light beetle with a long handle, -- used in playing croquet.
2. noun. a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing

   Synonyms: beetle

3. noun. a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.

   Synonyms: hammer

4. noun. a sports implement with a long handle and a head like a hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball

Synonyms

beetle, hammer

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in mallet:

metall

Common word forms

mallets, malleted, malleting

Words from these letters

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