Rondel
6 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
A French verse form of ten or thirteen lines built on two rhymes, in which the opening phrase recurs as the refrain of the second and third stanzas.
“The poet submitted a rondel for the anthology's section on traditional French verse forms.”
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Ends in -EL which is uncommon, R, O, N, D, E, L covers a useful spread of distinct letters.
Scrabble
Worth 7 points, RONDEL uses common tiles and the -EL ending can hook an S or hook onto other words.
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