PUZEL is valid in Collins, not in North America — 16 points
It depends on the list you play by. PUZEL 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 16 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept PUZEL?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PUZEL is to know. It scores 16 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PUZEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
puzelsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PUZEL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PUZEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 196,061.
What does PUZEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicoffensive
An old insulting term for a young woman, implying that she was disreputable or of loose morals.
Puzel was used in earlier English, including by Shakespeare, as a scornful name for a girl or young woman thought to behave immorally. It carried the same contemptuous force as words like strumpet or drab rather than describing a neutral trait. The word has dropped out of ordinary use and now survives mainly in historical texts and old plays.
How PUZEL is used
Archaic and offensive; encountered today only in older literature, not in modern speech.
- The old play called the accused woman a puzel.
- In the chronicle, puzel was hurled as a term of contempt.
- Scholars note that puzel was meant as a grave insult.
- The character was branded a puzel by her enemies.
- Modern readers rarely meet the word puzel outside Shakespeare.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PUZEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PUZEL
1 longer words begin with PUZEL.
Shorter words from the letters in PUZEL
Common questions about PUZEL
- Is PUZEL valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and PUZEL is not in it.
- How many points is PUZEL worth?
- PUZEL is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PUZEL mean?
- An old insulting term for a young woman, implying that she was disreputable or of loose morals.
- What letters can be added to PUZEL?
- PUZEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PUZEL:
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