KIDEL is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. KIDEL is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept KIDEL?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KIDEL is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KIDEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
kidelsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KIDEL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in KIDEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does KIDEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A fence of stakes set across a stream or tidal shore to trap fish.
A kidel worked by funnelling fish into a narrow opening or basket as the tide or current moved through the stakes, so the structure needed no bait or line to catch anything. English river law mentions the device for centuries, usually in disputes about who had the right to block a channel with one. The word is also spelled kiddle, and the two spellings name exactly the same structure.
How KIDEL is used
Historical; met in older legal and river records rather than modern speech.
- A kidel across the narrows caught fish without a single line.
- The court case turned on who had the right to build a kidel there.
- The word kidel is an older spelling of kiddle.
- Villagers maintained the kidel through each fishing season.
- A kidel needed no bait, only the current and a narrow gap.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KIDEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of KIDEL
The 5 tiles of KIDEL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with KIDEL
1 longer words begin with KIDEL.
Shorter words from the letters in KIDEL
Common questions about KIDEL
- Is KIDEL valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and KIDEL is not in it.
- How many points is KIDEL worth?
- KIDEL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KIDEL mean?
- A fence of stakes set across a stream or tidal shore to trap fish.
- What letters can be added to KIDEL?
- KIDEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of KIDEL:
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