ISTLE is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. ISTLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ISTLE?
| 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 ISTLE is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ISTLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ISTLE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ISTLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 7,262.
What stands out about ISTLE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 6 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 ISTLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A stiff fibre taken from the leaves of certain agave and yucca plants, used to make rope, brushes and matting.
Growers in Mexico and Central America once stripped istle from the leaves by hand before soaking and combing it into usable strands. The fibre is also spelled ixtle and was traded widely before synthetic cordage took over most of its old uses.
How ISTLE is used
A specialist trade term met mainly in writing about natural fibres, not in everyday conversation.
- Workers stripped the istle from the agave leaves by hand.
- The brush was woven from tough istle fibre.
- Mexico once exported large quantities of istle for rope-making.
- Synthetic cord has largely replaced istle in modern rigging.
- The basket's rough texture came from dried istle.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ISTLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ISTLE
The 5 tiles of ISTLE in a different order — 6 found.
Words starting with ISTLE
1 longer words begin with ISTLE.
Words ending in ISTLE
9 words end in ISTLE. Useful as a back hook: play ISTLE onto a word already on the board.
Words with ISTLE inside
Showing 24 of 43 words that contain ISTLE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ISTLE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ISTLE
Showing 40 of 49. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about ISTLE
- Is ISTLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ISTLE, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ISTLE worth?
- ISTLE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ISTLE mean?
- A stiff fibre taken from the leaves of certain agave and yucca plants, used to make rope, brushes and matting.
- What letters can be added to ISTLE?
- ISTLE takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ISTLE:
Open ISTLE in the Word Finder