rootle

Questions about rootle

What does rootle mean?

rootle means "dig with the snout".

How many syllables are in rootle?

rootle has 2 syllables: roo-tle. The stress falls on "tle".

What is another word for rootle?

Close synonyms include rout, root. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rootle a common word?

rootle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.