Is HELPFUL valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts HELPFUL, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is HELPFUL worth?

HELPFUL is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to HELPFUL?

No single letter can be added to HELPFUL to make another word.

HELPFUL is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points

Yes. HELPFUL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.

h4e1l1p3f4u1l1

PlayableHELPFUL · 7 letters · 15 pts Scrabble · 18 pts WWF

15points in Scrabble

18points in Words with Friends

7letters

0hooks available

1 in 6,948 thousandodds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept HELPFUL?

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: 49 / 100

49WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

2.14

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

full rack

Tile availability 20%

4.29%

Our own measure of how useful HELPFUL is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for HELPFUL

No single letter turns HELPFUL into another word.

How HELPFUL scores

Scrabble h4e1l1p3f4u1l1 15

Words with Friends h3e1l2p4f4u2l2 18

Face value of the 7 tiles in HELPFUL, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
h	1	2
e	1	12
l	2	4
p	1	2
f	1	2
u	1	4

Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,948 thousand.

Words starting with HELPFUL

helpfully20 helpfulness19 helpfulnesses21

3 longer words begin with HELPFUL.

Shorter words from the letters in HELPFUL

help9 pelf9 fell7 flue7 fuel7 full7 hell7 hule7 hull7 pell6 plue6 pule6 pull6 feh9 hep8 hup8 peh8 puh8 elf6 feu6 flu6 hue6 lep5 pel5 plu5 pul5 ell3 leu3 ule3 ef5 eh5 fe5 he5 uh5 pe4 up4 el2

Common questions about HELPFUL

Is HELPFUL valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts HELPFUL, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is HELPFUL worth?: HELPFUL is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to HELPFUL?: No single letter can be added to HELPFUL to make another word.

Every word you can build from the 7 letters of HELPFUL:

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