ISLE is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. ISLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ISLE?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ISLE is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ISLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ISLE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ISLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,269.
What stands out about ISLE
- The same 4 tiles also spell 4 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 ISLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
poeticliterary
A small island, or an island in general, especially as used in poetic or old-fashioned writing.
An isle is simply a small island, though a real place named with the word can be an island of any size. The term turns up mostly in poetry, hymns and older prose where plain island would sound too ordinary.
How ISLE is used
Chiefly literary or poetic today; plain "island" is preferred in ordinary speech.
- The boat drifted toward a tiny isle covered in palm trees.
- Ships wrecked on the isle would sometimes go unnoticed for months.
- The poem describes a lonely isle rising from grey water.
- Fishermen rowed out from the mainland to the isle each morning.
- From the cliff we could see the whole isle laid out below us.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ISLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ISLE
The 4 tiles of ISLE in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with ISLE
10 longer words begin with ISLE.
Words ending in ISLE
5 words end in ISLE. Useful as a back hook: play ISLE onto a word already on the board.
Words with ISLE inside
Showing 24 of 46 words that contain ISLE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ISLE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ISLE
Common questions about ISLE
- Is ISLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ISLE, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ISLE worth?
- ISLE is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ISLE mean?
- A small island, or an island in general, especially as used in poetic or old-fashioned writing.
- What letters can be added to ISLE?
- ISLE takes 5 hooks: 2 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ISLE:
Open ISLE in the Word Finder