KRILL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. KRILL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KRILL?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KRILL is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KRILL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
krillsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KRILL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in KRILL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 232,369.
What does KRILL mean in Scrabble?
noun
Small shrimp-like creatures that swarm in cold seas.
Krill is the base of the whole southern ocean: whales, seals, penguins and squid live on it, and one swarm can be measured in square kilometres and seen from the air. The word is Norwegian, and it behaves as a plural — nobody counts them, they are weighed.
How KRILL is used
Uncountable and plural in sense: a tonne of krill, the krill are moving north.
- A blue whale eats several tonnes of krill in a day.
- The krill move with the ice and everything else follows.
- A swarm of krill can turn the water red for a mile.
- Fishing for krill is limited by treaty and by weather.
- Without krill the southern ocean has no food chain at all.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KRILL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KRILL
1 longer words begin with KRILL.
Shorter words from the letters in KRILL
Common questions about KRILL
- Is KRILL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KRILL, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KRILL worth?
- KRILL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KRILL mean?
- Small shrimp-like creatures that swarm in cold seas.
- What letters can be added to KRILL?
- KRILL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of KRILL:
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