SEL is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. SEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SEL?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SEL is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SEL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SEL scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in SEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 842.
What does SEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scots
(Scots) Self; one's own person or identity.
Sel is simply the Scots form of self, used in the same reflexive and emphatic ways as the standard English word. It turns up in Scots poetry and dialect prose wherever a writer wants the local flavour of the word.
How SEL is used
Found in Scots dialect writing rather than standard English.
- He kept the last piece for his ain sel.
- She spoke of her better sel, the one who never lost patience.
- The old poem praises a man true to his sel.
- Nobody but his sel could explain the strange decision.
- The song urges every listener to be true to their sel.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SEL
The 3 tiles of SEL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SEL
Showing 24 of 162 words that begin with SEL.
Words ending in SEL
Showing 24 of 56 words that end in SEL. Useful as a back hook: play SEL onto a word already on the board.
Words with SEL inside
Showing 24 of 625 words that contain SEL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SEL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SEL
Common questions about SEL
- Is SEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SEL, where it scores 4 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SEL worth?
- SEL is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SEL mean?
- (Scots) Self; one's own person or identity.
- What letters can be added to SEL?
- SEL takes 5 hooks: 0 in front and 5 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of SEL:
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