HELE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. HELE is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 7 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept HELE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HELE is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HELE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HELE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in HELE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 7,427.
What does HELE mean in Scrabble?
verb
dialect
To cover the roots of a plant with soil for temporary protection.
Hele is a gardening term describing the practice of temporarily burying the roots of young plants in loose soil until they can be planted in their final position. The technique protects roots from drying out or from frost before transplanting.
How HELE is used
Mainly used by gardeners when discussing plant storage before transplanting.
- Gardeners hele young seedlings before the frost arrives.
- She heles the bare-root roses until spring planting.
- The nursery heled hundreds of saplings ahead of winter.
- It is wise to hele new stock in damp soil.
- Old manuals recommend that gardeners hele trees over the cold months.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HELE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HELE
The 4 tiles of HELE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with HELE
4 longer words begin with HELE.
Words ending in HELE
1 words end in HELE. Useful as a back hook: play HELE onto a word already on the board.
Words with HELE inside
Showing 24 of 40 words that contain HELE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HELE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HELE
Common questions about HELE
- Is HELE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and HELE is not in it.
- How many points is HELE worth?
- HELE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HELE mean?
- To cover the roots of a plant with soil for temporary protection.
- What letters can be added to HELE?
- HELE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of HELE:
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