FELL is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. FELL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FELL?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FELL is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FELL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FELL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in FELL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does FELL mean in Scrabble?
verb
To cut down a tree, typically with an axe or saw.
Loggers fell trees in stages, first removing branches near the base before the final cut. The same spelling is also an unrelated noun in northern English dialect meaning a high moor or hill.
How FELL is used
Past tense and past participle are both felled, distinct from fell as past tense of fall.
- Workers began to fell the oldest oak in the forest.
- The storm made it necessary to fell several damaged trees.
- He felled the pine with three clean strokes of the axe.
- They fell timber every autumn for the winter supply.
- The crew felled dozens of trees to clear the road.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FELL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FELL
Showing 24 of 57 words that begin with FELL.
Words ending in FELL
7 words end in FELL. Useful as a back hook: play FELL onto a word already on the board.
Words with FELL inside
Showing 24 of 27 words that contain FELL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with FELL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FELL
Common questions about FELL
- Is FELL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FELL, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FELL worth?
- FELL is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FELL mean?
- To cut down a tree, typically with an axe or saw.
- What letters can be added to FELL?
- FELL takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of FELL:
Open FELL in the Word Finder