EALE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. EALE is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 4 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept EALE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EALE is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 9.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EALE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EALE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in EALE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,650.
What does EALE mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To suffer from illness or affliction; an old form of the verb ail.
Eale is a Shakespearean-era spelling of ail, describing a person troubled by sickness or misfortune. It appears now only in quotations from early texts, rather than in ordinary modern writing.
How EALE is used
Found only in older English texts and in discussion of them; not used in modern speech.
- The old text asks what should eale a man so young.
- Scholars debate the exact word the poet meant when he wrote eale.
- In the play, a servant is said to eale from grief.
- The physician was called when the child began to eale.
- Early editions use eale where later ones print ail.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EALE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of EALE
The 4 tiles of EALE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with EALE
2 longer words begin with EALE.
Words ending in EALE
4 words end in EALE. Useful as a back hook: play EALE onto a word already on the board.
Words with EALE inside
Showing 24 of 92 words that contain EALE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with EALE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in EALE
Common questions about EALE
- Is EALE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and EALE is not in it.
- How many points is EALE worth?
- EALE is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EALE mean?
- To suffer from illness or affliction; an old form of the verb ail.
- What letters can be added to EALE?
- EALE takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of EALE:
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