COALHOLE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. COALHOLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COALHOLE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COALHOLE is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COALHOLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
coalholesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COALHOLE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in COALHOLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COALHOLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does COALHOLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
British
A small storage space or cellar in which household fuel was kept.
Many Victorian terraces had a coalhole under the pavement, closed by an iron cover through which deliveries were tipped. The word survives mostly in talk about old houses.
How COALHOLE is used
Mainly British, used in descriptions of older buildings and ships.
- The delivery man emptied his sacks into the coalhole.
- A rusty cover marked the coalhole outside the house.
- The children hid in the coalhole during the game.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COALHOLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COALHOLE
1 longer words begin with COALHOLE.
Shorter words from the letters in COALHOLE
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Common questions about COALHOLE
- Is COALHOLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COALHOLE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COALHOLE worth?
- COALHOLE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COALHOLE mean?
- A small storage space or cellar in which household fuel was kept.
- What letters can be added to COALHOLE?
- COALHOLE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of COALHOLE:
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