BIRLE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. BIRLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BIRLE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BIRLE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BIRLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BIRLE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BIRLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What does BIRLE mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scotsdialect
To spin or whirl rapidly, or to pour out drink briskly, especially in the phrase to birle a coin or to birle whisky.
Scots speech uses birle for the quick spinning motion of a coin set whirling on a table, and by extension for the log-rolling contest known as birling in North American lumber camps, where two people try to spin a floating log and tip each other into the water. The same verb also describes pouring drink out generously and quickly, a sense that survives in old Scottish drinking songs and toasts. Both senses share the idea of brisk, circular or flowing motion, whether of a spinning object or of liquid poured freely.
How BIRLE is used
A Scots dialect word, met in older songs and regional speech, and surviving in North America mainly through the sport of log birling.
- The children watched the coin birle across the table.
- Lumberjacks used to birle logs for sport at camp competitions.
- He would birle the whisky round the table without spilling a drop.
- The top continued to birle long after he had let it go.
- Old ballads describe guests who birle drink freely at a wedding feast.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BIRLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BIRLE
The 5 tiles of BIRLE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BIRLE
4 longer words begin with BIRLE.
Shorter words from the letters in BIRLE
Common questions about BIRLE
- Is BIRLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BIRLE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BIRLE worth?
- BIRLE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BIRLE mean?
- To spin or whirl rapidly, or to pour out drink briskly, especially in the phrase to birle a coin or to birle whisky.
- What letters can be added to BIRLE?
- BIRLE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BIRLE:
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