ANKLE
What does "ANKLE" mean?
The joint connecting the foot to the leg.
Meanings
- The joint between the foot and the lower leg, or the slender part of the leg above it. He twisted his ankle stepping off the curb.
Did you know?
- The human ankle is essentially a hinge of three bones - tibia, fibula, and talus - and the talus is one of the only bones in the body with no muscles attached to it.
Word origin
From Old English 'ancleow', reinforced by Old Norse 'ǫkkla'; the root traces to a Germanic word for a bend or joint, related to the idea of an angle.
Remember it
ANKLE has the letters of LEAN plus K - which is what you do on a bad one.
A little poem
Small hinge of the body-
all the mile remembers you
only when you fall.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why did the ankle go to therapy? It was tired of being the joint everyone took for granted until it gave out.
What it teaches
The smallest joint carries the whole mile; honour the parts that only get noticed when they break.
Quick facts
What does ANKLE mean?
The joint connecting the foot to the leg.
Is ANKLE a valid word?
Yes — ANKLE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is ANKLE?
ANKLE has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does ANKLE come from?
From Old English 'ancleow', reinforced by Old Norse 'ǫkkla'; the root traces to a Germanic word for a bend or joint, related to the idea of an angle.
What can ANKLE teach us?
The smallest joint carries the whole mile; honour the parts that only get noticed when they break.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.