SHEOL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SHEOL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHEOL?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHEOL is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHEOL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sheolsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHEOL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SHEOL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 24,508.
What stands out about SHEOL
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 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 SHEOL mean in Scrabble?
noun
literaryhistorical
In the Hebrew Bible, the shadowy underground abode of the dead, where the spirits of all people were believed to go regardless of how they had lived.
Sheol is described in Hebrew scripture as a dark, quiet place beneath the earth rather than a place of punishment or reward, holding the dead together without distinction. Later religious traditions developed separate ideas of heaven and hell, and some translations render sheol simply as the grave or as Hades. The word appears often in the Psalms and other poetic books, where it usually stands for death itself rather than a detailed afterlife.
How SHEOL is used
Literary and historical term from Hebrew scripture, used mainly in biblical translation and discussion of ancient beliefs about death.
- The psalm describes crying out from the depths of sheol.
- Ancient Israelites imagined sheol as a silent, shadowy place beneath the earth.
- Some translators render sheol simply as the grave.
- The prophet warns that even sheol cannot hide the wicked.
- Scholars debate how sheol differs from later ideas of hell.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHEOL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SHEOL
The 5 tiles of SHEOL in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SHEOL
1 longer words begin with SHEOL.
Shorter words from the letters in SHEOL
Common questions about SHEOL
- Is SHEOL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHEOL, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHEOL worth?
- SHEOL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHEOL mean?
- In the Hebrew Bible, the shadowy underground abode of the dead, where the spirits of all people were believed to go regardless of how they had lived.
- What letters can be added to SHEOL?
- SHEOL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SHEOL:
Open SHEOL in the Word Finder