ORIEL is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. ORIEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ORIEL?
| 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 ORIEL is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ORIEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
orielsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ORIEL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ORIEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,631.
What stands out about ORIEL
- The same 5 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 ORIEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A bay window that projects outward from an upper wall of a building, usually carried on a bracket or corbel rather than rising from the ground.
An oriel window juts out from the face of a building above ground level, so its weight is carried by a stone or wooden bracket rather than by a foundation, unlike a bay window that runs down to the ground. The feature is closely associated with English medieval and Tudor architecture, where it often lit a great hall or added a private nook for reading or prayer. Old manor houses and historic collegiate buildings across Britain still show fine examples of an oriel built centuries ago. Architects in later periods sometimes revived the style to give a new building an air of age and grandeur.
How ORIEL is used
A term from architectural history, used to describe a specific projecting window rather than windows in general.
- Sunlight poured through the oriel above the great hall.
- The manor's oriel window overlooked the courtyard.
- Craftsmen carved an ornate bracket to support the oriel.
- Guides pointed out the medieval oriel as the highlight of the tour.
- An oriel added light to the cramped upper chamber.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ORIEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ORIEL
The 5 tiles of ORIEL in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ORIEL
2 longer words begin with ORIEL.
Shorter words from the letters in ORIEL
Common questions about ORIEL
- Is ORIEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ORIEL, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ORIEL worth?
- ORIEL is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ORIEL mean?
- A bay window that projects outward from an upper wall of a building, usually carried on a bracket or corbel rather than rising from the ground.
- What letters can be added to ORIEL?
- ORIEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ORIEL:
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