EDILE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. EDILE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EDILE?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EDILE is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 8.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EDILE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EDILE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in EDILE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 7,922.
What stands out about EDILE
- EDILE begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does EDILE mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A variant spelling of aedile, a magistrate in ancient Rome responsible for public buildings, markets, and the staging of public games.
Rome elected several ediles each year, and the office ranked as one step on the traditional ladder of political offices leading toward the more senior magistracies. Ediles supervised the upkeep of temples and streets, regulated the city's markets, and organized the lavish public games that ambitious politicians used to win popularity with ordinary citizens. English writers of earlier centuries often used the spelling edile where a modern text would print aedile, and both forms describe exactly the same Roman official. Historians studying Roman city administration still use edile or aedile to distinguish this office from the more senior praetors and consuls above it.
How EDILE is used
A historical term from Roman government, met mainly in older translations and writing about ancient Rome.
- The young edile organized games to win favor with the voters.
- As edile, he was responsible for repairing the city's aqueducts.
- Roman records list several ediles who later became consuls.
- The play referred to the character simply as the edile.
- Historians debated how much power an edile actually held.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EDILE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of EDILE
The 5 tiles of EDILE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with EDILE
1 longer words begin with EDILE.
Words ending in EDILE
2 words end in EDILE. Useful as a back hook: play EDILE onto a word already on the board.
Words with EDILE inside
10 words contain EDILE in the middle. Words that start with EDILE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in EDILE
Common questions about EDILE
- Is EDILE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EDILE, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EDILE worth?
- EDILE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EDILE mean?
- A variant spelling of aedile, a magistrate in ancient Rome responsible for public buildings, markets, and the staging of public games.
- What letters can be added to EDILE?
- EDILE takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of EDILE:
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