SMELL is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. SMELL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SMELL?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SMELL is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SMELL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SMELL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SMELL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does SMELL mean in Scrabble?
noun
The sense that detects odours through the nose, or a particular odour given off by something.
Smell works through tiny receptors high in the nose that react to chemicals drifting through the air, letting people and animals detect anything from fresh bread baking to smoke from a distant fire long before they can see its source. As a verb, to smell something can mean simply to notice its odour, as in smelling the coffee brewing downstairs, or, more actively, to sniff deliberately in order to identify a scent. The word also carries a figurative sense, as when someone claims to smell a rat, meaning they suspect something is wrong even without solid proof yet. Animals such as dogs rely on smell far more heavily than humans do, using it to track prey, recognise other animals and detect danger that no human nose would ever notice.
How SMELL is used
One of the most common everyday words in English, used constantly for both the physical sense and its many figurative extensions, such as smelling trouble.
- The smell of fresh bread drifted from the kitchen all morning.
- She could smell smoke long before she saw the fire.
- He leaned down to smell the roses in the garden.
- Something about the deal made her smell trouble from the start.
- Dogs rely on smell far more than sight when tracking a trail.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SMELL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SMELL
The 5 tiles of SMELL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SMELL
13 longer words begin with SMELL.
Words ending in SMELL
1 words end in SMELL. Useful as a back hook: play SMELL onto a word already on the board.
Words with SMELL inside
3 words contain SMELL in the middle. Words that start with SMELL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SMELL
Common questions about SMELL
- Is SMELL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SMELL, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SMELL worth?
- SMELL is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SMELL mean?
- The sense that detects odours through the nose, or a particular odour given off by something.
- What letters can be added to SMELL?
- SMELL takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SMELL:
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