SIMILE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SIMILE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SIMILE?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SIMILE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SIMILE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
similesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SIMILE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SIMILE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 86,231.
What does SIMILE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A figure of speech that compares two unlike things directly, usually with the word like or as.
Where a metaphor says one thing is another, a simile keeps the two apart and says one is like the other, as in brave as a lion or like a bolt from the blue. Poets and ordinary speakers use similes to make an image vivid in a few words. The word is Latin for likeness, and it has the same root as similar.
How SIMILE is used
Standard term in literature classes and writing guides.
- Her simile compared the fog to a wet wool blanket.
- The poem is built on a single extended simile.
- Students were asked to underline each simile in the passage.
- Cold as ice is a tired simile.
- A good simile surprises the reader and still feels true.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SIMILE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SIMILE
The 6 tiles of SIMILE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SIMILE
1 longer words begin with SIMILE.
Shorter words from the letters in SIMILE
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Common questions about SIMILE
- Is SIMILE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SIMILE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SIMILE worth?
- SIMILE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SIMILE mean?
- A figure of speech that compares two unlike things directly, usually with the word like or as.
- What letters can be added to SIMILE?
- SIMILE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SIMILE:
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