ANGEL is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ANGEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANGEL?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANGEL is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANGEL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANGEL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ANGEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,682.
What stands out about ANGEL
- 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 ANGEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
In Christian, Jewish, and Islamic tradition, a heavenly being who carries out God's will and brings messages to people.
In many religious traditions an angel acts as a messenger who carries word between God and human beings, and Christian angelology further sorts these beings into several ranks and choirs. Outside religion, English speakers often call an unusually kind or helpful person an angel, as when someone thanks a stranger who stopped to help. The word also names a private investor who supplies money for a new business or a theatrical production before it can attract larger backers, a sense that grew directly out of old theatre slang. Centuries ago, English even used angel for a gold coin stamped with the archangel Michael, though today that sense survives only in the writing of coin collectors and historians.
How ANGEL is used
Used literally for the religious being and figuratively for a kind person or a private financial backer.
- The child asked her grandmother whether every person has a guardian angel.
- Neighbours called the man an angel for shovelling every driveway on the street.
- A wealthy angel agreed to fund the play after two theatres turned it down.
- The painting showed an angel with wide feathered wings above the manger.
- Without an angel investor, the small company might never have opened its doors.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANGEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ANGEL
The 5 tiles of ANGEL in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with ANGEL
22 longer words begin with ANGEL.
Words ending in ANGEL
3 words end in ANGEL. Useful as a back hook: play ANGEL onto a word already on the board.
Words with ANGEL inside
Showing 24 of 72 words that contain ANGEL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ANGEL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ANGEL
Showing 40 of 41. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about ANGEL
- Is ANGEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANGEL, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANGEL worth?
- ANGEL is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANGEL mean?
- In Christian, Jewish, and Islamic tradition, a heavenly being who carries out God's will and brings messages to people.
- What letters can be added to ANGEL?
- ANGEL takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ANGEL:
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