VESSEL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. VESSEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VESSEL?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VESSEL is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VESSEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
vesselsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VESSEL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in VESSEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 376,279.
What does VESSEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A hollow container for liquids, or a ship or large boat that travels on water.
The word vessel covers two quite different families of objects: bowls, jugs and casks on a table, and ships on the sea. Biologists borrowed it for the tubes that carry blood in an animal or sap in a plant, which is why a blood vessel is a familiar phrase. In older religious language a vessel can also be a person seen as holding some quality, as in a chosen vessel of grace.
How VESSEL is used
Everyday in all three senses; the sea sense is typical of shipping and naval writing, the tube sense of medicine and botany.
- The museum keeps a clay vessel that was used to store olive oil.
- A cargo vessel waited outside the harbour for the tide.
- The surgeon repaired a damaged vessel near the heart.
- Pour the stock into a wide vessel and let it cool.
- In the old sermon she is called a vessel of mercy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VESSEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of VESSEL
The 6 tiles of VESSEL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with VESSEL
2 longer words begin with VESSEL.
Shorter words from the letters in VESSEL
Common questions about VESSEL
- Is VESSEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VESSEL, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VESSEL worth?
- VESSEL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VESSEL mean?
- A hollow container for liquids, or a ship or large boat that travels on water.
- What letters can be added to VESSEL?
- VESSEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of VESSEL:
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