INTELLIGIBLE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. INTELLIGIBLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INTELLIGIBLE?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INTELLIGIBLE is to know. It scores 15 from 12 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INTELLIGIBLE
No single letter turns INTELLIGIBLE into another word.
How INTELLIGIBLE scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in INTELLIGIBLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 3 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 3 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so INTELLIGIBLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does INTELLIGIBLE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Clear enough to be understood.
Something intelligible may be spoken, written or reasoned, and the word focuses on whether a listener can follow it. A badly recorded speech can fail to be intelligible even if its argument is sound.
How INTELLIGIBLE is used
Intelligible is used for speech, writing and explanations that an audience can follow.
- The instructions were barely intelligible after the poor translation.
- Over the noise of the engine, his shouting was hardly intelligible.
- She gave an intelligible account of a very complicated process.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INTELLIGIBLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with INTELLIGIBLE
1 longer words begin with INTELLIGIBLE.
Shorter words from the letters in INTELLIGIBLE
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Common questions about INTELLIGIBLE
- Is INTELLIGIBLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INTELLIGIBLE, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INTELLIGIBLE worth?
- INTELLIGIBLE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INTELLIGIBLE mean?
- Clear enough to be understood.
- What letters can be added to INTELLIGIBLE?
- No single letter can be added to INTELLIGIBLE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of INTELLIGIBLE:
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