tale: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 4 letter points · starts with T · ends with E
Meaning of tale
noun
A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.
Example: the Canterbury Tales
A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration.
- slang
The fraudulent opportunity presented by a confidence man to the mark or victim.
An account of an asserted fact or circumstance; a rumour; a report, especially an idle or malicious story; a piece of gossip or slander; a lie.
Example: Don't tell tales!
Listed forms: tales.
Source: Wiktionary — tale.
verb
- Scotland, dialectal
To reckon; consider (someone) to have something.
- dialectal, obsolete
To speak; discourse; tell tales.
Listed forms: tales, taling, taled.
Source: Wiktionary — tale.
noun
- alt-of, alternative
Alternative form of tael.
Base or related entry: tael.
Listed forms: tales.
Source: Wiktionary — tale.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for tale.
noun
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
noun
a trivial lie
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is tale in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of tale
T(1) + A(1) + L(1) + E(1) = 4 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of tale
3 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from tale
16 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in tale. Showing up to 24, longest first.