Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kayles

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kayles
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The game of skittles or ninepins.

Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

A simple impartial game in combinatorial game theory, in which players take turns to knock out one pin or two adjacent pins from a line of imagined bowling pins.

Uncountable

noun

plural of kayle

Example Sentences

"Playing kayles, i.e. throwing a stick at ninepins, at Smithfield, 13th century."

Etymology

From Middle English keyles, plural of Middle English keyle (see Dutch kegel, German Kegel, Danish kegle, and Swedish kegla).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: keyles, keyle

Usage

Inflected Forms

kails (alternative)

Rhymes With

sales details wales fails males tales nails hard as nails scales trails rails whales

Questions

What does kayles mean?: The game of skittles or ninepins.
Where does kayles come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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