EEL is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. EEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EEL?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EEL is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 11 hooks, and its letters make up 9.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EEL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EEL scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in EEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 613.
What does EEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A long snake-like fish.
The European eel breeds in the Sargasso Sea and nowhere else, and nobody has ever watched it spawn. Aristotle concluded that eels came out of mud, which was a reasonable inference from everything anybody could actually observe.
How EEL is used
Countable: an eel, two eels.
- An eel travels four thousand miles to breed once.
- Nobody has seen an eel spawn.
- The word eel covers several unrelated families of fish.
- Two eels in the same trap and neither could be held.
- Aristotle thought eels grew out of mud.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of EEL
The 3 tiles of EEL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with EEL
17 longer words begin with EEL.
Words ending in EEL
Showing 24 of 64 words that end in EEL. Useful as a back hook: play EEL onto a word already on the board.
Words with EEL inside
Showing 24 of 360 words that contain EEL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with EEL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in EEL
Common questions about EEL
- Is EEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EEL, where it scores 4 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EEL worth?
- EEL is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EEL mean?
- A long snake-like fish.
- What letters can be added to EEL?
- EEL takes 11 hooks: 9 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of EEL:
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