SEAL is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. SEAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SEAL?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SEAL is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SEAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sealsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SEAL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SEAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,269.
What stands out about SEAL
- The same 4 tiles also spell 5 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 SEAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large marine mammal with flippers that lives partly on land and partly in water.
A seal is a sleek, whiskered mammal that swims well with its flippers and comes ashore or onto ice to rest and breed. The same word also names an official stamped mark used to authenticate documents, and a device that closes something tightly. All these senses share the idea of a mark or closure that confirms or secures something.
How SEAL is used
The animal sense is the most common in everyday speech; the official-mark and closure senses are common in legal and technical writing.
- A seal lay basking on the rocks by the shore.
- The document bore the official seal of the court.
- She checked that the jar's seal was still intact.
- The seal dove smoothly beneath the waves.
- The king pressed his ring into the wax to make a seal.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SEAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SEAL
The 4 tiles of SEAL in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with SEAL
Showing 24 of 30 words that begin with SEAL.
Words ending in SEAL
17 words end in SEAL. Useful as a back hook: play SEAL onto a word already on the board.
Words with SEAL inside
21 words contain SEAL in the middle. Words that start with SEAL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SEAL
Common questions about SEAL
- Is SEAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SEAL, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SEAL worth?
- SEAL is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SEAL mean?
- A large marine mammal with flippers that lives partly on land and partly in water.
- What letters can be added to SEAL?
- SEAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SEAL:
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