DINGLE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. DINGLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DINGLE?
| 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 DINGLE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DINGLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dinglesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DINGLE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DINGLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What stands out about DINGLE
- The same 6 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DINGLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A small, deep valley or hollow, usually thickly wooded and sheltered.
A dingle is smaller and more enclosed than an ordinary valley, the kind of shaded hollow where trees meet overhead and the ground stays damp and cool. The word turns up often in older English nature writing and poetry, where a dingle is a quiet, almost hidden place away from open country. It survives today mainly in place names and in descriptions of countryside rather than in everyday conversation.
How DINGLE is used
Literary and descriptive; used for a small wooded hollow rather than in ordinary everyday speech.
- The path dropped suddenly into a shaded dingle full of ferns.
- They pitched their tent in a dingle out of the wind.
- A stream ran along the bottom of the dingle behind the farmhouse.
- The poet describes a lark rising out of a dingle at dawn.
- Local children called the wooded dingle behind the school their secret camp.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DINGLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DINGLE
The 6 tiles of DINGLE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with DINGLE
3 longer words begin with DINGLE.
Shorter words from the letters in DINGLE
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Common questions about DINGLE
- Is DINGLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DINGLE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DINGLE worth?
- DINGLE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DINGLE mean?
- A small, deep valley or hollow, usually thickly wooded and sheltered.
- What letters can be added to DINGLE?
- DINGLE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DINGLE:
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