PELL is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. PELL 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 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept PELL?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PELL is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PELL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PELL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PELL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does PELL mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicallegal
A roll of parchment used to keep an official record, especially of payments received by a royal treasury.
A clerk entered each payment on a pell as it came in. The English exchequer kept its accounts on two such rolls for centuries, which is why the historical office was called the Clerk of the Pells.
How PELL is used
Historical and legal term, met in accounts of English exchequer records.
- The clerk copied the sum onto the pell.
- Old exchequer pells recorded every payment received.
- Historians studied the pell for evidence of the debt.
- The Clerk of the Pells kept the roll up to date.
- A torn pell made the entry hard to read.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PELL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PELL
Showing 24 of 54 words that begin with PELL.
Words ending in PELL
7 words end in PELL. Useful as a back hook: play PELL onto a word already on the board.
Words with PELL inside
Showing 24 of 195 words that contain PELL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PELL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PELL
Common questions about PELL
- Is PELL valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and PELL is not in it.
- How many points is PELL worth?
- PELL is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PELL mean?
- A roll of parchment used to keep an official record, especially of payments received by a royal treasury.
- What letters can be added to PELL?
- PELL takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PELL:
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