AHULL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. AHULL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AHULL?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AHULL is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AHULL
No single letter turns AHULL into another word.
How AHULL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in AHULL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does AHULL mean in Scrabble?
adverb
nautical
With sails furled and the helm lashed, drifting under bare masts in heavy weather.
A ship lying ahull has taken down or secured its sails and stopped trying to steer directly into a storm, instead allowing the vessel to drift broadside to the wind and waves. Sailors historically used this tactic when a storm grew too severe to sail through safely, trusting the hull's shape to ride out the worst of the weather. The term survives today mainly in older sailing accounts and technical seamanship writing.
How AHULL is used
Nautical adverb; used almost exclusively with lie or ride, as in lying ahull.
- The crew let the ship lie ahull through the worst of the gale.
- Riding ahull, the small vessel rolled heavily in the swells.
- Older sailing manuals recommend going ahull only as a last resort.
- The captain chose to lie ahull rather than fight the storm directly.
- By dawn the battered schooner was still drifting ahull.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AHULL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in AHULL
Common questions about AHULL
- Is AHULL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AHULL, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AHULL worth?
- AHULL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AHULL mean?
- With sails furled and the helm lashed, drifting under bare masts in heavy weather.
- What letters can be added to AHULL?
- No single letter can be added to AHULL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of AHULL:
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