Definition of heel

"heel" in the noun sense

1. heel

the bottom of a shoe or boot the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation

2. heel

the back part of the human foot

3. cad, bounder, blackguard, dog, hound, heel

someone who is morally reprehensible

"you dirty dog"

4. heel

one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread

5. heel

the lower end of a ship's mast

6. heel

golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft

"heel" in the verb sense

1. list, heel

tilt to one side

"The balloon heeled over"

"the wind made the vessel heel"

"The ship listed to starboard"

2. heel

follow at the heels of a person

3. heel

perform with the heels

"heel that dance"

4. heel

strike with the heel of the club

"heel a golf ball"

5. heel, reheel

put a new heel on

"heel shoes"

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Quotations for heel

From head to heel.

Well-apparelled April on the heel
Of limping Winter treads. [ William Shakespeare ]

Woes cluster; rare are solitary woes;
They love a train, they tread each other's heel. [ Young ]

One woe doth tread upon another's heel, so fast they follow. [ William Shakespeare ]

A willing heart adds feather to the heel, and makes the clown a winged Mercury. [ Joanna Baillie ]

While his off-heel, insidiously aside. Provokes the caper which he seems to chide. [ Sheridan ]

Ambition hath one heel nail'd in hell, Though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens. [ Lilly ]

heel in Scrabble®

The word heel is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters heel:

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The 78 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In heel

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heel in Words With Friends™

The word heel is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters heel:

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The 83 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In heel

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Words within the letters of heel

2 letter words in heel (3 words)

3 letter words in heel (2 words)

4 letter words in heel (1 word)

heel + 1 blank (3 words)

Word Growth involving heel

Shorter words in heel

el eel

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Longer words containing heel

backheel backheeled

backheel backheeler backheelers

backheel backheeling

backheel backheels

heelball heelballs

heelbone heelbones

heeled backheeled

heeled highheeled

heeled reheeled

heeled wheeled cartwheeled

heeled wheeled freewheeled

heeled wheeled pinwheeled

heeling backheeling

heeling reheeling

heeling wheeling cartwheeling

heeling wheeling freewheeling freewheelings

heeling wheeling pinwheeling

heelless wheelless

heelmaker heelmakers wheelmakers

heelmaker wheelmaker wheelmakers

heelplate heelplates

heelprint heelprints

heels backheels

heels reheels

heels wheels cartwheels

heels wheels chainwheels

heels wheels cogwheels

heels wheels daisywheels

heels wheels flywheels

heels wheels freewheels

heels wheels gearwheels

heels wheels gyrowheels

heels wheels handwheels

heels wheels millwheels

heels wheels nosewheels

heels wheels paddlewheels

heels wheels pinwheels

heels wheels printwheels

heels wheels ragwheels

heels wheels sidewheels

heels wheels steeringwheels

heels wheels sternwheels

heels wheels tailwheels

heels wheels thumbwheels

heels wheels treadwheels

heels wheels waterwheels

heels wheels wheelsman

heels wheels wheelsmen

heeltap heeltaps

reheel reheeled

reheel reheeling

reheel reheels

scheelite scheelites

wheel cartwheel cartwheeled

wheel cartwheel cartwheeler cartwheelers

wheel cartwheel cartwheeling

wheel cartwheel cartwheels

wheel chainwheel chainwheels

wheel cogwheel cogwheels

wheel daisywheel daisywheels

wheel flywheel flywheels

wheel freewheel freewheeled

wheel freewheel freewheeler freewheelers

wheel freewheel freewheeling freewheelings

wheel freewheel freewheels

wheel gearwheel gearwheels

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wheel handwheel handwheels

wheel millwheel millwheels

wheel nosewheel nosewheels

wheel paddlewheel paddlewheeler paddlewheelers

wheel paddlewheel paddlewheels

wheel pinwheel pinwheeled

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wheel ragwheel ragwheels

wheel sidewheel sidewheeler sidewheelers

wheel sidewheel sidewheels

wheel steeringwheel steeringwheels

wheel sternwheel sternwheeler sternwheelers

wheel sternwheel sternwheels

wheel tailwheel tailwheels

wheel thumbwheel thumbwheels

wheel treadwheel treadwheels

wheel waterwheel waterwheels

wheel wheelbarrow wheelbarrowed

wheel wheelbarrow wheelbarrower wheelbarrowers

wheel wheelbarrow wheelbarrowful

wheel wheelbarrow wheelbarrowing

wheel wheelbarrow wheelbarrows

wheel wheelbase wheelbases

wheel wheelchair wheelchairbound

wheel wheelchair wheelchairs

wheel wheeled cartwheeled

wheel wheeled freewheeled

wheel wheeled pinwheeled

wheel wheeler cartwheeler cartwheelers

wheel wheeler fourwheeler fourwheelers

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wheel wheeler paddlewheeler paddlewheelers

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wheel wheeler sternwheeler sternwheelers

wheel wheeler wheelers cartwheelers

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wheel wheelhorse wheelhorses

wheel wheelhouse wheelhouses

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