OIL is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. OIL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OIL?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OIL is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 10 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OIL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OIL scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in OIL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 561.
What does OIL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A thick liquid that does not mix with water.
Oil comes from the Latin for olive, because that was the only kind the Romans had in quantity. Every later oil — whale, mineral, engine — has been named after a fruit that nobody thinks about when using the word.
How OIL is used
Countable and uncountable. Also a verb.
- The oil in that engine has not been changed since 2019.
- The word oil comes from the Latin for olive.
- They oiled the hinges and the door still complained.
- Two oils in one dressing and neither of them olive.
- Every oil since the Romans is named after their fruit.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OIL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OIL
Showing 24 of 50 words that begin with OIL.
Words ending in OIL
Showing 24 of 60 words that end in OIL. Useful as a back hook: play OIL onto a word already on the board.
Words with OIL inside
Showing 24 of 308 words that contain OIL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with OIL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OIL
Common questions about OIL
- Is OIL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OIL, where it scores 4 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OIL worth?
- OIL is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OIL mean?
- A thick liquid that does not mix with water.
- What letters can be added to OIL?
- OIL takes 10 hooks: 8 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of OIL:
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