Dottles
7 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
Plural of dottle, the unburnt or partially burnt tobacco residues left caked inside a pipe bowl after smoking.
“He tapped the dottles out of his pipe into the ashtray before refilling it for another smoke.”
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Wordle
Contains double T and ends in LES, the DOTTL cluster before ES is very unusual and effectively unique in English
Scrabble
Worth 9 points, the double T and uncommon DOTTL stem make this a challenging but satisfying Scrabble word
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