ARIL is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. ARIL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ARIL?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARIL is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARIL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
arilsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ARIL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ARIL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,017.
What stands out about ARIL
- The same 4 tiles also spell 6 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 ARIL mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A fleshy, often brightly coloured seed covering that develops from the point where the seed attaches to the plant.
An aril partly or fully wraps a seed and often attracts birds or animals that eat it and later disperse the seed, as seen in the red covering of a yew seed or the edible flesh around a pomegranate seed. Botanists use the term to distinguish this covering from the seed coat itself, which develops separately.
How ARIL is used
A specialist botanical term.
- The yew seed's bright red aril attracts hungry birds.
- She peeled away the aril before examining the seed underneath.
- The pomegranate's juicy flesh is technically an aril around each seed.
- Botanists noted the unusual shape of the nutmeg's lacy aril.
- Only a few plant families produce seeds with a fleshy aril.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARIL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ARIL
The 4 tiles of ARIL in a different order — 6 found.
Words starting with ARIL
10 longer words begin with ARIL.
Words ending in ARIL
1 words end in ARIL. Useful as a back hook: play ARIL onto a word already on the board.
Words with ARIL inside
Showing 24 of 96 words that contain ARIL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ARIL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ARIL
Common questions about ARIL
- Is ARIL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ARIL, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ARIL worth?
- ARIL is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARIL mean?
- A fleshy, often brightly coloured seed covering that develops from the point where the seed attaches to the plant.
- What letters can be added to ARIL?
- ARIL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ARIL:
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