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   Whee·dle

   /ˈ(h)wēd(ə)l/

   

   verb

   • 1. use flattery or coaxing in order to persuade someone to do something or give one something: "she wheedled her way on to the guest list"
   • ▪ coax or persuade (someone) to say or give something.

   Word Origin mid 17th century: perhaps from German wedeln ‘cringe, fawn’, from Wedel ‘tail, fan’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. wheedler noun

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • W

     4

   • H

     4

   • E

     1

   • E

     1

   • D

     2

   • L

     1

   • E

     1

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