KILL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. KILL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KILL?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KILL is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KILL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KILL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in KILL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 72,615.
What does KILL mean in Scrabble?
verb
To cause the death of a living thing.
Kill appeared in the thirteenth century and may be the same word as quell, which then meant to kill outright. The older verb survived by narrowing to a milder sense.
How KILL is used
Killed, kills. Also a noun.
- Frost killed everything that was not under cover.
- The word kill is thirteenth-century.
- A kill in hunting is the animal taken.
- Kill may be the same word as quell.
- The older verb survived by becoming milder than kill.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KILL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KILL
Showing 24 of 36 words that begin with KILL.
Words ending in KILL
14 words end in KILL. Useful as a back hook: play KILL onto a word already on the board.
Words with KILL inside
Showing 24 of 72 words that contain KILL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with KILL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in KILL
Common questions about KILL
- Is KILL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KILL, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KILL worth?
- KILL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KILL mean?
- To cause the death of a living thing.
- What letters can be added to KILL?
- KILL takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of KILL:
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