CULL is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. CULL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CULL?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CULL is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 3.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CULL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CULL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in CULL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 81,692.
What does CULL mean in Scrabble?
verb
To choose and remove the weaker, less desirable or surplus members from a larger group, often by killing them.
Farmers cull a herd when they take out the sickest or least productive animals, wildlife managers cull deer or badgers to control numbers, and an editor can cull weak passages from a manuscript. The same word works as a noun for the act or for the animals removed, as in a badger cull.
How CULL is used
Common in farming and wildlife management; also used more loosely for trimming any large collection down to the best or most useful part.
- The farmer had to cull the weakest lambs from the flock before winter.
- An editor will often cull weak paragraphs to tighten the story.
- Rangers plan an annual cull to keep the deer population in balance.
- She helped cull outdated files from the shared drive.
- The vet explained why the cull was necessary for the herd health.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CULL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CULL
23 longer words begin with CULL.
Words ending in CULL
1 words end in CULL. Useful as a back hook: play CULL onto a word already on the board.
Words with CULL inside
20 words contain CULL in the middle. Words that start with CULL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Common questions about CULL
- Is CULL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CULL, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CULL worth?
- CULL is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CULL mean?
- To choose and remove the weaker, less desirable or surplus members from a larger group, often by killing them.
- What letters can be added to CULL?
- CULL takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of CULL:
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