INCEL is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. INCEL is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 7 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept INCEL?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INCEL is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INCEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
incelsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How INCEL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in INCEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about INCEL
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does INCEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
offensive
A man who blames women and society for his lack of a sexual partner.
The word was coined in the 1990s by a woman running a support page for lonely people of any gender, and it was taken over within a decade by online groups whose tone is the opposite of that. What an incel is now described by is a set of beliefs rather than a circumstance: loneliness is common and does not by itself put anybody in the category.
How INCEL is used
Countable: an incel, two incels. Names a subculture and its beliefs, not simply a person without a partner.
- Researchers use incel for the ideology and not for the condition.
- The word incel was coined by somebody who would not recognise it now.
- Moderators removed the largest incel forum in 2017.
- Calling a lonely person an incel misses what the word means.
- The term incel appears in threat assessments as a marker of ideology.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INCEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of INCEL
The 5 tiles of INCEL in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with INCEL
1 longer words begin with INCEL.
Words with INCEL inside
13 words contain INCEL in the middle. Words that start with INCEL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in INCEL
Common questions about INCEL
- Is INCEL valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and INCEL is not in it.
- How many points is INCEL worth?
- INCEL is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INCEL mean?
- A man who blames women and society for his lack of a sexual partner.
- What letters can be added to INCEL?
- INCEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of INCEL:
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