ENSOUL is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ENSOUL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ENSOUL?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ENSOUL is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ENSOUL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ensoulsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ENSOUL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ENSOUL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 32,336.
What stands out about ENSOUL
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 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 ENSOUL mean in Scrabble?
verb
literaryrare
To give something a soul, or to fill it with spirit and inner life.
Ensoul joins the prefix en-, meaning to put into a state, to soul, so the word literally means to place a soul within something. Writers on philosophy and mysticism use ensoul for the moment a body, an idea, or even the natural world is imagined to receive a living, animating spirit. The word carries a solemn, old-fashioned tone and almost never appears outside this kind of reflective or poetic writing.
How ENSOUL is used
Rare and literary; found mainly in philosophical or mystical writing about spirit entering a body or the world.
- The poem imagines a divine breath that can ensoul mere clay.
- Philosophers debated whether an unborn child is ensouled at conception.
- The old text claims that music itself can ensoul a lifeless statue.
- She wrote that love alone could ensoul an otherwise empty marriage.
- Ancient thinkers pictured the world-spirit as something meant to ensoul all nature.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ENSOUL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ENSOUL
The 6 tiles of ENSOUL in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ENSOUL
5 longer words begin with ENSOUL.
Shorter words from the letters in ENSOUL
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Common questions about ENSOUL
- Is ENSOUL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ENSOUL, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ENSOUL worth?
- ENSOUL is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ENSOUL mean?
- To give something a soul, or to fill it with spirit and inner life.
- What letters can be added to ENSOUL?
- ENSOUL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ENSOUL:
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