LABILE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. LABILE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LABILE?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LABILE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LABILE
No single letter turns LABILE into another word.
How LABILE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in LABILE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 102,199.
What stands out about LABILE
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 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 LABILE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medicalchemistry
Likely to change, shift, or break down easily; unstable rather than fixed.
A labile compound is one that reacts or decomposes readily under conditions that would leave a more stable substance untouched, so chemists handle labile materials with extra care during storage and transport. Doctors borrow the same word for a patient whose blood pressure, mood, or blood sugar swings quickly and unpredictably, calling the condition labile rather than stable. In every field, labile marks something poised to change rather than something that has already settled into a fixed state.
How LABILE is used
A technical term used in chemistry and medicine for substances or conditions that change or break down readily, rarely heard in everyday speech.
- The compound proved too labile to survive shipping at room temperature.
- Doctors described the patient's blood pressure as labile throughout the night.
- A labile bond breaks apart far more easily than a stable one.
- Her mood was labile, shifting from calm to anxious within minutes.
- The chemist kept the labile sample refrigerated until the experiment began.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LABILE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LABILE
The 6 tiles of LABILE in a different order — 2 found.
Shorter words from the letters in LABILE
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Common questions about LABILE
- Is LABILE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LABILE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LABILE worth?
- LABILE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LABILE mean?
- Likely to change, shift, or break down easily; unstable rather than fixed.
- What letters can be added to LABILE?
- No single letter can be added to LABILE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of LABILE:
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