HELL is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. HELL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HELL?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HELL is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HELL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HELL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in HELL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does HELL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A place of extreme suffering, often depicted in religious teaching as where the wicked are punished after death.
In many religious traditions, hell is described as a realm of fire and torment reserved for sinners. The word is also used figuratively in everyday speech to describe any situation of intense misery or difficulty.
How HELL is used
Often used figuratively to mean a very unpleasant or difficult situation.
- The preacher warned the congregation about the torments of hell.
- Losing the match after such a long fight felt like hell.
- The soldiers described the battlefield as absolute hell.
- She swore she would never go through that hell again.
- The hellish heat made the desert crossing nearly unbearable.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HELL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HELL
Showing 24 of 74 words that begin with HELL.
Words ending in HELL
24 words end in HELL. Useful as a back hook: play HELL onto a word already on the board.
Words with HELL inside
Showing 24 of 130 words that contain HELL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HELL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HELL
Common questions about HELL
- Is HELL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HELL, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HELL worth?
- HELL is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HELL mean?
- A place of extreme suffering, often depicted in religious teaching as where the wicked are punished after death.
- What letters can be added to HELL?
- HELL takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of HELL:
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