SEEL is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. SEEL 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 SEEL?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SEEL is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 8.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SEEL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SEEL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SEEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,713.
What stands out about SEEL
- 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 SEEL mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To sew shut the eyelids of a hawk or falcon as part of its training.
Falconers once seeled a young hawk by stitching its eyelids closed with fine thread, a temporary measure meant to calm the bird and make it easier to handle before it was trained to sit quietly on the glove. Writers later borrowed the word figuratively for closing or blinding the eyes in general.
How SEEL is used
Rare and archaic; found mainly in older writing about falconry or in figurative literary use.
- The falconer would seel a wild hawk soon after capture.
- It takes a steady hand to seel a hawk's eyelids properly.
- Old manuals explain exactly how to seel a young falcon.
- Some falconers refused to seel their birds at all.
- Grief can seel a person's eyes to everything around them.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SEEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SEEL
The 4 tiles of SEEL in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with SEEL
9 longer words begin with SEEL.
Words ending in SEEL
1 words end in SEEL. Useful as a back hook: play SEEL onto a word already on the board.
Words with SEEL inside
4 words contain SEEL in the middle. Words that start with SEEL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SEEL
Common questions about SEEL
- Is SEEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SEEL, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SEEL worth?
- SEEL is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SEEL mean?
- To sew shut the eyelids of a hawk or falcon as part of its training.
- What letters can be added to SEEL?
- SEEL takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SEEL:
Open SEEL in the Word Finder