SILL is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. SILL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SILL?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SILL is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SILL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SILL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SILL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What does SILL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A shelf of wood, stone or metal fixed at the bottom of a window or door frame.
A sill runs along the base of an opening in a wall, holding the frame in place and giving rain a ledge to run off from at a window. Builders also speak of a door sill, the strip crossed when stepping through a doorway. The word extends to geology, where a sill is a flat sheet of igneous rock forced between existing rock layers.
How SILL is used
Common in everyday building, gardening and geology contexts.
- She placed a row of pots along the window sill.
- Water pooled on the sill during the storm.
- He painted the door sill to protect it from damp.
- The cat liked to sleep on the sunny sill.
- Geologists found a sill of dark rock cutting through the sandstone.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SILL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SILL
The 4 tiles of SILL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SILL
20 longer words begin with SILL.
Words ending in SILL
5 words end in SILL. Useful as a back hook: play SILL onto a word already on the board.
Words with SILL inside
Showing 24 of 59 words that contain SILL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SILL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SILL
Common questions about SILL
- Is SILL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SILL, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SILL worth?
- SILL is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SILL mean?
- A shelf of wood, stone or metal fixed at the bottom of a window or door frame.
- What letters can be added to SILL?
- SILL takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SILL:
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