HABILE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. HABILE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HABILE?
| 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 HABILE is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HABILE
No single letter turns HABILE into another word.
How HABILE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in HABILE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What does HABILE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaic
Skilful and quick in the use of the hands or the mind; adroit.
Habile was taken from French and is nearly lost from modern English, where skilled, deft and adroit do the same work. Older books use it of a craftsman or negotiator who handles a delicate task with ease. It shares a root with able, and it can also mean fit or qualified for some particular purpose.
How HABILE is used
Archaic and literary; rare outside older texts and deliberate stylistic choice.
- The habile craftsman repaired the clock in minutes.
- He was a habile negotiator who never lost his temper.
- Her habile fingers sorted the tangled thread.
- The author praised the habile handling of the plot.
- A habile reply turned aside the criticism.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HABILE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HABILE
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Common questions about HABILE
- Is HABILE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HABILE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HABILE worth?
- HABILE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HABILE mean?
- Skilful and quick in the use of the hands or the mind; adroit.
- What letters can be added to HABILE?
- No single letter can be added to HABILE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of HABILE:
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