SCRANNEL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SCRANNEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SCRANNEL?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCRANNEL is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCRANNEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
scrannelsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SCRANNEL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SCRANNEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SCRANNEL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SCRANNEL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaic
Thin and weak in sound or build, or harsh and unmusical.
Scrannel is an old literary word, best known from a line of Milton about poor shepherd-poets. It is almost never used in modern speech, though it can still be handy in word games.
How SCRANNEL is used
Scrannel survives mainly in literary quotations and poetic description.
- The scrannel piping of the reed drifted over the hill.
- He sang in a scrannel voice that carried no warmth.
- A scrannel pipe was all the village band could afford.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCRANNEL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SCRANNEL
1 longer words begin with SCRANNEL.
Shorter words from the letters in SCRANNEL
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Common questions about SCRANNEL
- Is SCRANNEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCRANNEL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCRANNEL worth?
- SCRANNEL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCRANNEL mean?
- Thin and weak in sound or build, or harsh and unmusical.
- What letters can be added to SCRANNEL?
- SCRANNEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SCRANNEL:
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