ETOILE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ETOILE 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 ETOILE?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ETOILE is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 8.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ETOILE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
etoilesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ETOILE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ETOILE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,452.
What stands out about ETOILE
- ETOILE 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 ETOILE mean in Scrabble?
noun
heraldry
A six-pointed heraldic star with wavy rays, distinguished from the straight-rayed mullet.
Etoile comes from the French word for star, and heralds borrowed it directly to name a charge whose points wave rather than run straight, unlike the plainer mullet. Blazons sometimes spell the same charge estoile, and the two spellings describe one identical figure rather than two different charges. Away from heraldry, etoile also names the lead dancer in a French ballet company, a sense that keeps the plain meaning of star alive in writing about dance. Reference works list etoile mainly under these two specialised uses rather than as an everyday word for star.
How ETOILE is used
Chiefly a heraldry and ballet term, rarely used as a plain synonym for star in ordinary writing.
- The shield bears three etoile charges with wavy rays across the field.
- A herald described the etoile as a star of six points that ripple rather than run straight.
- The company named its principal dancer etoile after years with the corps.
- Old blazons spell etoile as estoile, naming the very same charge.
- An etoile differs from a mullet chiefly in the wave of its points.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ETOILE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ETOILE
1 longer words begin with ETOILE.
Shorter words from the letters in ETOILE
Common questions about ETOILE
- Is ETOILE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ETOILE, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ETOILE worth?
- ETOILE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ETOILE mean?
- A six-pointed heraldic star with wavy rays, distinguished from the straight-rayed mullet.
- What letters can be added to ETOILE?
- ETOILE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ETOILE:
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