IREFUL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. IREFUL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept IREFUL?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful IREFUL is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for IREFUL
Front hooks — 1
direfulBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How IREFUL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in IREFUL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What does IREFUL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Full of anger, or showing strong anger.
Ireful is a literary cousin of angry, built from the old noun ire and the suffix -ful. Poets and novelists use it for glares, replies and warriors when plain angry would feel too light. It rarely turns up in casual conversation, where it would sound deliberately grand.
How IREFUL is used
Literary and somewhat old-fashioned.
- The ireful chief refused to hear another word.
- She cast an ireful glance across the table.
- His ireful letter arrived the very next morning.
- The crowd grew ireful as the delay stretched on.
- An ireful storm of shouting filled the hall.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of IREFUL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of IREFUL
The 6 tiles of IREFUL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with IREFUL
3 longer words begin with IREFUL.
Shorter words from the letters in IREFUL
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Common questions about IREFUL
- Is IREFUL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts IREFUL, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is IREFUL worth?
- IREFUL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does IREFUL mean?
- Full of anger, or showing strong anger.
- What letters can be added to IREFUL?
- IREFUL takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of IREFUL:
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