CELL is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. CELL 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 CELL?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CELL is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CELL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CELL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in CELL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does CELL mean in Scrabble?
noun
The smallest basic unit of a living organism, usually too small to see without a microscope, that can carry out the processes needed for life.
Every plant, animal, fungus and microorganism is built from one or many cells, each enclosed by a membrane and containing the material needed to grow, take in energy and reproduce. The same word is also used for a small enclosed room, such as a prison cell, and for a compartment such as one unit of a honeycomb or a battery, all sharing the idea of a small enclosed space.
How CELL is used
Common in everyday and scientific English; the biological sense dominates in modern use, with the prison-room sense still frequent.
- Under the microscope each cell showed a clear dark nucleus.
- The prisoner spent the night alone in a small cell.
- A red blood cell carries oxygen through the body.
- The old monastery kept each monk in his own narrow cell.
- Scientists counted how many cells had divided overnight.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CELL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CELL
Showing 24 of 70 words that begin with CELL.
Words ending in CELL
7 words end in CELL. Useful as a back hook: play CELL onto a word already on the board.
Words with CELL inside
Showing 24 of 189 words that contain CELL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CELL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CELL
Common questions about CELL
- Is CELL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CELL, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CELL worth?
- CELL is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CELL mean?
- The smallest basic unit of a living organism, usually too small to see without a microscope, that can carry out the processes needed for life.
- What letters can be added to CELL?
- CELL takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of CELL:
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