ILL is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. ILL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ILL?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ILL is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 21 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ILL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ILL scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ILL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,994.
What does ILL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Not in good health.
Ill came from Old Norse and originally meant evil, a sense that survives in ill will and ill-gotten. The health meaning is British in emphasis: American English prefers sick, which Britain reserves for nausea.
How ILL is used
After the verb. Comparative worse, not iller.
- She was ill for a fortnight and worked through it.
- Ill will and ill-gotten keep the older sense.
- The word ill came from Old Norse and meant evil.
- Americans say sick where the British say ill.
- An ill wind is the older meaning, not the medical one.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ILL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ILL
Showing 24 of 207 words that begin with ILL.
Words ending in ILL
Showing 24 of 165 words that end in ILL. Useful as a back hook: play ILL onto a word already on the board.
Words with ILL inside
Showing 24 of 2510 words that contain ILL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ILL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ILL
Common questions about ILL
- Is ILL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ILL, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ILL worth?
- ILL is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ILL mean?
- Not in good health.
- What letters can be added to ILL?
- ILL takes 21 hooks: 19 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ILL:
Open ILL in the Word Finder