HELILIFT is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. HELILIFT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HELILIFT?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HELILIFT is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HELILIFT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
heliliftsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HELILIFT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HELILIFT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HELILIFT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HELILIFT mean in Scrabble?
verb
To carry people or supplies from one place to another by helicopter.
Rescue crews and army units choose to helilift when roads are cut off or the ground is too rough for trucks. The word stresses the air journey, not the cargo being moved.
How HELILIFT is used
Used in news and military reports about moving troops, casualties or equipment by helicopter.
- Rescuers had to helilift the injured walkers off the mountain.
- The army will helilift food to the flooded villages tomorrow.
- They helilift the heavy cable drums to the ridge each spring.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HELILIFT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HELILIFT
3 longer words begin with HELILIFT.
Shorter words from the letters in HELILIFT
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Common questions about HELILIFT
- Is HELILIFT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HELILIFT, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HELILIFT worth?
- HELILIFT is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HELILIFT mean?
- To carry people or supplies from one place to another by helicopter.
- What letters can be added to HELILIFT?
- HELILIFT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HELILIFT:
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