BIRL is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. BIRL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BIRL?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BIRL is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BIRL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BIRL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BIRL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does BIRL mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scotsdialect
To spin or whirl round rapidly.
Birl is used for anything that turns quickly on its own axis, from a coin flicked onto a table to a dancer spinning in a reel, and gives its name to log birling, a lumberjack sport in which two competitors try to spin a floating log until one of them falls off. The word is chiefly Scottish and northern English.
How BIRL is used
Regional Scots and northern English usage; also known through the sport of log birling.
- He gave the coin a flick and watched it birl on the table.
- The dancers began to birl faster as the music quickened.
- Lumberjacks compete to birl the log without falling in.
- The wheel continued to birl long after the cart stopped.
- Children love to birl round and round until they are dizzy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BIRL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BIRL
12 longer words begin with BIRL.
Shorter words from the letters in BIRL
Common questions about BIRL
- Is BIRL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BIRL, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BIRL worth?
- BIRL is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BIRL mean?
- To spin or whirl round rapidly.
- What letters can be added to BIRL?
- BIRL takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BIRL:
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