d 2 o 1 t 1 t 1 l 1 e 1
6 letters · 7 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the residue of partially burnt tobacco left caked in the bowl of a pipe after smoking
originFrom Middle English dottel, dottelle (“a plug or tap of a vessel”), a diminutive of Old English dott (> English dot (“a point”)), equivalent to dot + -le. Related to Old English dyttan (“to stop up, clot”), Dutch dot (“a knot, lump, clod”), Low German Dutte (“a plug”). More at dit.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0