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10 letters · 17 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a cudgel made of hardwood (usually oak or blackthorn)
originFrom Irish sail éille (“shillelagh”, literally “cudgel of a thong”), altered to match the name of the village of Shillelagh (from Irish Síol Éalaigh (literally “descendants of Éalach”), because the forest near it provided wood from which such clubs could be made.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- shillelah 15
- hellish 13
- shigella 12
- ahigh 12
- heigh 12
- highs 12
- high 11
- hallels 10
- geisha 10
- laighs 10
- sleigh 10
- hahs 10