SIZEL is valid in Collins, not in North America — 14 points
It depends on the list you play by. SIZEL is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 14 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept SIZEL?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SIZEL is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SIZEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sizelsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SIZEL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SIZEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does SIZEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
Scrap metal left over as clippings after coin blanks or similar shapes have been punched from a sheet.
The technical term sizel names the waste metal produced in minting and metalworking once round blanks have been stamped out of a flat sheet, leaving a perforated remainder that is collected and melted down again. Sizel belongs to specialist metalworking and numismatic vocabulary rather than everyday speech, and most readers meet the word only in technical descriptions of coin production. Sizel is also spelled scissel or scissil in some sources, all referring to the same punched-out scrap.
How SIZEL is used
A technical term from metalworking and coin manufacture, rarely used outside that field.
- The mint recycled the sizel left over from stamping the coins.
- Workers swept up the sizel and sent it back to the furnace.
- Each sheet of metal produced a tray of sizel after punching.
- The factory sold its sizel to scrap dealers by weight.
- Coin blanks are cut so as to leave as little sizel as possible.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SIZEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SIZEL
1 longer words begin with SIZEL.
Shorter words from the letters in SIZEL
Common questions about SIZEL
- Is SIZEL valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and SIZEL is not in it.
- How many points is SIZEL worth?
- SIZEL is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SIZEL mean?
- Scrap metal left over as clippings after coin blanks or similar shapes have been punched from a sheet.
- What letters can be added to SIZEL?
- SIZEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SIZEL:
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