EXPELLEE is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. EXPELLEE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EXPELLEE?
| 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 EXPELLEE is to know. It scores 17 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EXPELLEE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
expelleesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EXPELLEE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in EXPELLEE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 4 | 12 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EXPELLEE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about EXPELLEE
- The letter E appears four times in EXPELLEE.
- EXPELLEE 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 EXPELLEE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person who has been forced out of a country, school or group.
An expellee is the one on the receiving end of a removal order. The word is common in histories of postwar population movements, where millions of expellees had to resettle.
How EXPELLEE is used
Mostly found in historical and political writing, and sometimes about schools.
- Every expellee was given a number at the border.
- The village took in several hundred expellee families after the war.
- The expellee was allowed to return a year later.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EXPELLEE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EXPELLEE
1 longer words begin with EXPELLEE.
Shorter words from the letters in EXPELLEE
Common questions about EXPELLEE
- Is EXPELLEE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EXPELLEE, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EXPELLEE worth?
- EXPELLEE is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EXPELLEE mean?
- A person who has been forced out of a country, school or group.
- What letters can be added to EXPELLEE?
- EXPELLEE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of EXPELLEE:
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