spile

Meanings

Plural: spiles

Noun

a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask
A splinter.
A spigot or plug used to stop the hole in a barrel or cask.
A spout inserted in a maple (or other tree) to draw off sap.
A pile; a post or girder.

Verb

To plug (a hole) with a spile.
To draw off (a liquid) using a spile.
To provide (a barrel, tree etc.) with a spile.
To support by means of spiles.
To drive piles into.
spoil.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle Dutch or Middle Low German spile (“splinter, peg”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *spīlaz (“splinter, peg”), from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“prickle, pointed stick”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian spyl, German Speil (“chip, splinter, gore, wedge”), Danish spile, Dutch spijl.

Synonyms

bung, pile, piling, stilt

Scrabble Score: 7

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

Words With Friends Score: 9

spile is a valid Words With Friends word