freckle

Meanings

Plural: freckles

Noun

a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin
A small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skin.
Any small spot or discoloration.
A small sweet consisting of a flattish mound of chocolate covered in hundreds and thousands.
The anus.

Verb

become freckled
- "I freckle easily"
mark with freckles
To cover with freckles.
To become covered with freckles.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English freken, frekel, from Old Norse freknur pl (compare Faroese frøknur, Swedish fräknar, Danish fregner), s-less variant of Old English sprecel from Proto-Germanic *sprekalą (“freckle”) (compare dialectal Norwegian sprekla, Middle High German spreckel), from Proto-Indo-European *sp(h)er(e)g- (“to strew, sprinkle”). Cognate with Albanian fruth (“measles”). More at spark. Related to spry, sprack.

Synonyms

ephelis, lentigo

Scrabble Score: 16

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

Words With Friends Score: 18

freckle is a valid Words With Friends word