Unscramble OPISL: Letters, Definition, and Answer
OPISL unscrambles to SPOIL, a 5-letter verb from Jumble Answers Today: October 9, 2026. No letter repeats.
How to crack OPISL
Start with the SP- blend, then reach for the -OIL ending (boil, soil, toil): SP + OIL. POLIS, a city-state, appears in some word lists too, but SPOIL is the everyday answer the puzzle wants.
Letter map: OPISL → SPOIL
| Position in SPOIL | Letter | Tile in OPISL | Circled for the caption |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S | 4 | Yes |
| 2 | P | 2 | Yes |
| 3 | O | 1 | — |
| 4 | I | 3 | Yes |
| 5 | L | 5 | — |
What does SPOIL mean?
SPOIL (verb): to ruin or damage something, or to indulge a person so much that they become selfish. Example: “Don't spoil your appetite with snacks before dinner.”
Similar: ruin, mar, indulge, pamper. Opposite: improve, enhance, discipline.
Did you know? "Spoil" comes from the Latin "spoliare," meaning "to strip of armor," which is why it can mean both to plunder and to ruin something's quality.
Using SPOIL in a sentence
SPOIL turns up in a remarkable number of fixed phrases. 'Too many cooks spoil the broth' warns that a crowd of helpers ruins the job, and 'spoiled for choice' (spoilt for choice in British English) means having too many good options. A spoilsport ruins other people's fun, and a spoiler gives away a plot twist, hence the 'spoiler alert' at the top of so many reviews. The plural noun spoils keeps the old plunder sense: the spoils of war, the spoils of victory. Both spoiled and spoilt are correct past forms; Americans mostly prefer spoiled.
How SPOIL fits the puzzle
SPOIL circles S, P and I, the S of PHRASE and the P-I that start PAIR.
Its circled letters feed the caption answer, PAIR-A-PHRASE.
Other words in OPISL
25 shorter dictionary words can be made from a subset of these tiles:
POLISLIPSLISPLOPSOILSPISOPOISPOLSSILOSLIPSLOPSOILSOLILIPLISLOPOILOPSPISPOIPOLPSISIPSOLSOP
The rest of this puzzle
- PRUPE → UPPER (situated above something else, or higher in rank, status, or position)
- UAARRO → AURORA (a natural light display in the sky, especially near the poles)
- HHCTTA → THATCH (a roof covering made of straw, reeds, or similar plant material)
- SPIPERARAAH → PAIR-A-PHRASE (a pun on "paraphrase")
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