SCURRILE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SCURRILE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SCURRILE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCURRILE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCURRILE
No single letter turns SCURRILE into another word.
How SCURRILE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SCURRILE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SCURRILE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SCURRILE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaic
Coarse and abusive in manner, like the jokes of a vulgar jester.
Scurrile is a rarer, older relative of the familiar scurrilous. Writers choose it when they want a flavour of the medieval clown or ribald entertainer.
How SCURRILE is used
Scurrile is found in older literary prose describing crude mockery.
- The pamphlet was full of scurrile taunts about the mayor.
- His scurrile wit made the courtiers uneasy.
- A scurrile song echoed from the tavern.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCURRILE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SCURRILE
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Common questions about SCURRILE
- Is SCURRILE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCURRILE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCURRILE worth?
- SCURRILE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCURRILE mean?
- Coarse and abusive in manner, like the jokes of a vulgar jester.
- What letters can be added to SCURRILE?
- No single letter can be added to SCURRILE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SCURRILE:
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