ENTANGLE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ENTANGLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ENTANGLE?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ENTANGLE is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ENTANGLE
Front hooks — 1
pentangleChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ENTANGLE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ENTANGLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ENTANGLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ENTANGLE
- ENTANGLE 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 ENTANGLE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To twist or catch something so that it is hard to separate, or to draw a person into a difficult situation.
Entangle works for physical things such as lines, hair and branches, and also for people caught up in complicated affairs. Its opposite, disentangle, suggests the slow work of getting free again.
How ENTANGLE is used
Used literally for tangled objects and figuratively for being caught in trouble or a complicated relationship.
- Fishing line can easily entangle a swimmer.
- Do not let the cables entangle behind the desk.
- He did not want to entangle his friends in the dispute.
- The vines began to entangle the old fence.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ENTANGLE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ENTANGLE
6 longer words begin with ENTANGLE.
Shorter words from the letters in ENTANGLE
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Common questions about ENTANGLE
- Is ENTANGLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ENTANGLE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ENTANGLE worth?
- ENTANGLE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ENTANGLE mean?
- To twist or catch something so that it is hard to separate, or to draw a person into a difficult situation.
- What letters can be added to ENTANGLE?
- ENTANGLE takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ENTANGLE:
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