HAZEL is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. HAZEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HAZEL?
| 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 HAZEL is to know. It scores 17 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HAZEL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HAZEL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HAZEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does HAZEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A small tree or shrub that produces edible nuts in a hard shell, or the light greenish-brown colour named after those nuts.
Hazel grows wild in hedgerows and woodland, its nuts ripening in autumn inside a leafy husk, and its thin, flexible branches were once cut and woven into fences and baskets; the same word describes the warm brown-green shade often used for eye colour. Both senses trace back to the same tree.
How HAZEL is used
Common in everyday speech, both for the plant and for describing eye colour.
- They planted a row of hazel along the fence.
- She gathered hazel nuts in a basket each autumn.
- His eyes were a striking shade of hazel.
- The hedge was woven from young hazel branches.
- Squirrels buried hazel nuts for the winter.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HAZEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HAZEL
8 longer words begin with HAZEL.
Words ending in HAZEL
1 words end in HAZEL. Useful as a back hook: play HAZEL onto a word already on the board.
Words with HAZEL inside
1 words contain HAZEL in the middle. Words that start with HAZEL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HAZEL
Common questions about HAZEL
- Is HAZEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HAZEL, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HAZEL worth?
- HAZEL is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HAZEL mean?
- A small tree or shrub that produces edible nuts in a hard shell, or the light greenish-brown colour named after those nuts.
- What letters can be added to HAZEL?
- HAZEL takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HAZEL:
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