SHLEMIEL is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. SHLEMIEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHLEMIEL?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHLEMIEL is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHLEMIEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
shlemielsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHLEMIEL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SHLEMIEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SHLEMIEL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SHLEMIEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalhumorous
A clumsy, unlucky person who tends to be taken advantage of.
Shlemiel comes from Yiddish and suggests a hapless fool who means well but fails. It is usually affectionate rather than cruel, and it often goes with its partner word schlimazel.
How SHLEMIEL is used
The word shlemiel is used humorously in speech and comedy, especially in American English.
- The poor shlemiel spilled soup on his own tie.
- Don't be such a shlemiel and read the instructions first.
- In the story, a well-meaning shlemiel loses everything he owns.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHLEMIEL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SHLEMIEL
1 longer words begin with SHLEMIEL.
Shorter words from the letters in SHLEMIEL
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Common questions about SHLEMIEL
- Is SHLEMIEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHLEMIEL, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHLEMIEL worth?
- SHLEMIEL is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHLEMIEL mean?
- A clumsy, unlucky person who tends to be taken advantage of.
- What letters can be added to SHLEMIEL?
- SHLEMIEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SHLEMIEL:
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