SLOE is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. SLOE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SLOE?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SLOE is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SLOE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sloesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SLOE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SLOE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,553.
What stands out about SLOE
- The same 4 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 SLOE mean in Scrabble?
noun
The small, dark, sour fruit of the blackthorn bush, used to flavour sloe gin.
A sloe is smaller and much more bitter than a plum, so it is rarely eaten raw. Instead, the fruit is famous for being steeped in gin and sugar to make sloe gin. The blackthorn bush that bears it flowers white in early spring, before the sloe itself ripens in autumn.
How SLOE is used
Common in cookery and country writing about hedgerow fruit.
- The blackthorn hedge was heavy with sloe fruit by October.
- He always adds a handful of sloe to his homemade gin.
- The tart taste of a raw sloe makes people pull a face.
- Frost is said to soften the skin of a sloe before picking.
- She dyed the wool a deep sloe purple.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SLOE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SLOE
The 4 tiles of SLOE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SLOE
7 longer words begin with SLOE.
Words ending in SLOE
1 words end in SLOE. Useful as a back hook: play SLOE onto a word already on the board.
Words with SLOE inside
3 words contain SLOE in the middle. Words that start with SLOE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SLOE
Common questions about SLOE
- Is SLOE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SLOE, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SLOE worth?
- SLOE is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SLOE mean?
- The small, dark, sour fruit of the blackthorn bush, used to flavour sloe gin.
- What letters can be added to SLOE?
- SLOE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SLOE:
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