FUNNEL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. FUNNEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FUNNEL?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FUNNEL is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FUNNEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
funnelsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FUNNEL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in FUNNEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 206,954.
What does FUNNEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A cone-shaped tool with a narrow tube at the bottom, used to pour liquid or powder into a container with a small opening; also a ship or engine chimney.
The shape of a funnel does the work: the wide top catches everything and the narrow spout directs it where it should go. Cooks use a funnel for bottling oil, and mechanics use one for topping up an engine. The same word names the smoke stack of a steamship or locomotive, and it describes anything that gathers wide input into a narrow path, as in a sales funnel or a tornado funnel.
How FUNNEL is used
Also a verb meaning to channel something through a narrow route, often used of money or information.
- She set a funnel in the bottle and poured in the olive oil.
- Black smoke rose from the funnel of the old steamer.
- The clouds twisted down into a dark funnel over the plain.
- Without a funnel, half the flour ended up on the counter.
- The marketing team studied where visitors dropped out of the funnel.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FUNNEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FUNNEL
6 longer words begin with FUNNEL.
Shorter words from the letters in FUNNEL
Common questions about FUNNEL
- Is FUNNEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FUNNEL, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FUNNEL worth?
- FUNNEL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FUNNEL mean?
- A cone-shaped tool with a narrow tube at the bottom, used to pour liquid or powder into a container with a small opening; also a ship or engine chimney.
- What letters can be added to FUNNEL?
- FUNNEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of FUNNEL:
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