ENSILE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ENSILE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ENSILE?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ENSILE is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 7.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ENSILE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ENSILE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ENSILE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 20,904.
What stands out about ENSILE
- ENSILE begins and ends with the same letter.
- The same 6 tiles also spell 4 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 ENSILE mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To store a green crop such as grass or maize in a silo so that it ferments and keeps as animal feed.
Farmers ensile a crop by packing it tightly into a silo or a covered pit before it has fully dried, so that it ferments slightly and turns into silage rather than spoiling. The process keeps green fodder edible through winter months when fresh grass is not available. Ensile is a technical farming term built directly from silo, and most people meet the word only in agricultural writing rather than in general conversation.
How ENSILE is used
A technical farming term, used mainly in agricultural writing about preserving fodder as silage.
- Farmers ensile the cut grass while it still holds enough moisture.
- They usually ensile maize a few weeks before the first frost.
- A crop that is too dry will not ensile properly.
- The cooperative helps small farms ensile their surplus fodder each autumn.
- Workers pack the pit tightly to ensile the forage without air pockets.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ENSILE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ENSILE
The 6 tiles of ENSILE in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with ENSILE
2 longer words begin with ENSILE.
Shorter words from the letters in ENSILE
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Common questions about ENSILE
- Is ENSILE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ENSILE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ENSILE worth?
- ENSILE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ENSILE mean?
- To store a green crop such as grass or maize in a silo so that it ferments and keeps as animal feed.
- What letters can be added to ENSILE?
- ENSILE takes 5 hooks: 3 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ENSILE:
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