LILL is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. LILL 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 4 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept LILL?
| 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: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LILL is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LILL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
lillsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LILL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in LILL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 3 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 108,923.
What does LILL mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicliterary
To loll the tongue out, as a dog does.
Lill describes the way a tired or thirsty dog lets its tongue hang loosely from its mouth, and older writers used it more generally for any lolling of the tongue. The word appears in Spenser and other early poetry and has since fallen out of ordinary use, surviving mainly as an obsolete form of loll.
How LILL is used
Obsolete outside quotation from early poetry; not used in modern speech.
- The tired hound began to lill its tongue after the chase.
- Wolves in the old tale lill with hunger after a long hunt.
- By evening the horse would lill its tongue in the heat.
- Spenser writes of beasts that lill and pant along the path.
- The dog continued to lill its tongue long after the game ended.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LILL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LILL
7 longer words begin with LILL.
Words with LILL inside
6 words contain LILL in the middle. Words that start with LILL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LILL
Common questions about LILL
- Is LILL valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and LILL is not in it.
- How many points is LILL worth?
- LILL is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LILL mean?
- To loll the tongue out, as a dog does.
- What letters can be added to LILL?
- LILL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of LILL:
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