HIRSELLING is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. HIRSELLING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HIRSELLING?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HIRSELLING is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HIRSELLING
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hirsellingsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HIRSELLING scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in HIRSELLING, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HIRSELLING has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HIRSELLING mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scotsrare
The work of herding sheep and sorting them into separate groups.
The Scots verb behind hirselling means to herd a flock, and the noun names that task. It is a rare word, met mostly in older rural writing.
How HIRSELLING is used
The word hirselling belongs to Scots farming vocabulary and is seldom used elsewhere.
- Hirselling on the steep hillside took the shepherds most of the morning.
- The dogs were trained for hirselling the flock into pens.
- After hirselling came the long walk home.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HIRSELLING and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HIRSELLING
The 10 tiles of HIRSELLING in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with HIRSELLING
1 longer words begin with HIRSELLING.
Shorter words from the letters in HIRSELLING
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Common questions about HIRSELLING
- Is HIRSELLING valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HIRSELLING, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HIRSELLING worth?
- HIRSELLING is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HIRSELLING mean?
- The work of herding sheep and sorting them into separate groups.
- What letters can be added to HIRSELLING?
- HIRSELLING takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of HIRSELLING:
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