pikelet

Meanings

Plural: pikelets

Noun

A thick type of sweet pancake.
A thin crumpet.
Any crumpet, regardless of thickness

Origin / Etymology

Derived from Welsh bara pyglyd (“pitchy [i.e. dark or sticky] bread”), later shortened simply to pyglyd. The early 17th century lexicographer, Randle Cotgrave, spoke of "our Welsh barrapycleds". The word spread to the West Midlands of England, where it was anglicised to picklets and then to pikelets.

Synonyms

drop scone, Scotch pancake

Scrabble Score: 13

pikelet is not valid in Scrabble (US) TWL Dictionary
pikelet is not valid in Scrabble (MW) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
pikelet is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

pikelet is a valid Words With Friends word