JELL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. JELL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JELL?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JELL is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JELL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How JELL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in JELL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 54,461.
What does JELL mean in Scrabble?
verb
North American
To set into a firm consistency.
Jell is a back-formation from jelly and is American in spelling, where British writing prefers another form for the same idea. The figurative use about a plan coming together actually arrived first.
How JELL is used
Jelled, jelling. British spelling is gel.
- The plan jelled after the third meeting.
- The word jell is a back-formation from jelly.
- It will not jell without enough pectin.
- The figurative sense of jell came before the literal one.
- American writing uses jell where British uses gel.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JELL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JELL
Showing 24 of 30 words that begin with JELL.
Words with JELL inside
8 words contain JELL in the middle. Words that start with JELL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in JELL
Common questions about JELL
- Is JELL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JELL, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JELL worth?
- JELL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JELL mean?
- To set into a firm consistency.
- What letters can be added to JELL?
- JELL takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of JELL:
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