"Axle" and "Axel"
It is interesting what one learns by playing Scrabble. I played the word "axel," and looked it up in the dictionary. What I found out is that it is a word all its own, not a variation of "axle." "Axel" was the word coined in honor of Norwegian figure skating pioneer Axel Paulsen to refer to a 1 1/2... Sign in to see full entry.