NOUL is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. NOUL 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 NOUL?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NOUL is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NOUL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NOUL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in NOUL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,106.
What does NOUL mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicpoetic
The top of the head.
Noul is an old poetic word for the crown of the head, related to noll and nowl, and it appears in Spenser and other early writers where a plainer word like head would sound too flat for the verse. Noul is not used in ordinary modern English.
How NOUL is used
Archaic and poetic; met in older verse, not in current speech.
- The old verse spoke of a crown set upon his noul.
- A wound had scarred the giant's noul.
- She bowed her noul in weary silence.
- The poet rested his noul against the cold stone.
- Grey hair now covered his noul.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NOUL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NOUL
The 4 tiles of NOUL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with NOUL
5 longer words begin with NOUL.
Shorter words from the letters in NOUL
Common questions about NOUL
- Is NOUL valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and NOUL is not in it.
- How many points is NOUL worth?
- NOUL is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NOUL mean?
- The top of the head.
- What letters can be added to NOUL?
- NOUL takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of NOUL:
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