ADDLE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. ADDLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ADDLE?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ADDLE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 8 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ADDLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ADDLE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ADDLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 2 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What stands out about ADDLE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ADDLE mean in Scrabble?
verb
literary
To confuse or muddle someone's mind or thinking.
Something can addle a person's thinking when it overwhelms them with noise, worry, or too much information at once, leaving them unable to concentrate or reason clearly for a while. The word also describes an egg that has spoiled and failed to develop into a chick, a sense that comes from the same idea of something going bad or muddled inside. Writers today reach for addle mainly for its slightly old-fashioned, vivid tone.
How ADDLE is used
Now mostly literary or old-fashioned in tone, often paired with words like brain or mind.
- Too much noise can addle a person's concentration.
- The long lecture began to addle his tired mind.
- Worry over the exam seemed to addle her thinking completely.
- Left in the sun too long, the egg began to addle.
- Stress and lack of sleep can addle even a sharp mind.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ADDLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ADDLE
The 5 tiles of ADDLE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with ADDLE
5 longer words begin with ADDLE.
Words ending in ADDLE
21 words end in ADDLE. Useful as a back hook: play ADDLE onto a word already on the board.
Words with ADDLE inside
Showing 24 of 84 words that contain ADDLE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ADDLE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ADDLE
Common questions about ADDLE
- Is ADDLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ADDLE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ADDLE worth?
- ADDLE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ADDLE mean?
- To confuse or muddle someone's mind or thinking.
- What letters can be added to ADDLE?
- ADDLE takes 8 hooks: 6 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ADDLE:
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