APPELLOR is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. APPELLOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept APPELLOR?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful APPELLOR is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for APPELLOR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
appellorsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How APPELLOR scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in APPELLOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so APPELLOR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does APPELLOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
legalhistorical
In older law, a person who accuses another of a crime or who brings such a charge before a court.
Appellor belongs to an old branch of criminal procedure in which a private person formally accused another of a felony. Sometimes it meant an accomplice who confessed and named his partners. It should not be mixed up with the modern appellant.
How APPELLOR is used
Appellor is found mostly in historical or specialist legal writing and is almost never used in modern speech.
- The appellor stood before the court and named the man he accused.
- In medieval proceedings an appellor risked heavy penalties if the charge failed.
- The historian explained how an appellor differed from a modern prosecutor.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of APPELLOR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with APPELLOR
1 longer words begin with APPELLOR.
Shorter words from the letters in APPELLOR
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Common questions about APPELLOR
- Is APPELLOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts APPELLOR, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is APPELLOR worth?
- APPELLOR is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does APPELLOR mean?
- In older law, a person who accuses another of a crime or who brings such a charge before a court.
- What letters can be added to APPELLOR?
- APPELLOR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of APPELLOR:
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