SMILE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. SMILE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SMILE?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SMILE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SMILE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SMILE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SMILE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What stands out about SMILE
- The same 5 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 SMILE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To curve the corners of the mouth upward as an expression of pleasure, friendliness or amusement.
To smile is usually an automatic, honest reaction to something pleasant, though people also learn to smile deliberately, for a photograph or out of simple politeness, even without feeling real amusement underneath. As a noun, a smile names the expression itself, and its meaning shifts with context, from a warm, genuine smile shared between old friends to a thin, forced smile that barely hides irritation. The phrase to smile on someone or something is older and more figurative, meaning to look favourably on it, as when people say that fortune smiled on a lucky traveller. Researchers who study facial expressions note that a genuine smile involves muscles around the eyes as well as the mouth, which is part of why a forced smile so often looks slightly wrong to an observer.
How SMILE is used
An extremely common everyday word, used constantly both for the literal facial expression and for the figurative idea of favour or good fortune.
- She couldn't help but smile when she saw the puppy.
- He smiled politely at the photographer despite his exhaustion.
- Fortune seemed to smile on them throughout the entire trip.
- Her smile faded as soon as the bad news arrived.
- The old man's smile revealed years of quiet good humour.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SMILE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SMILE
The 5 tiles of SMILE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SMILE
10 longer words begin with SMILE.
Words ending in SMILE
2 words end in SMILE. Useful as a back hook: play SMILE onto a word already on the board.
Words with SMILE inside
4 words contain SMILE in the middle. Words that start with SMILE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SMILE
Common questions about SMILE
- Is SMILE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SMILE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SMILE worth?
- SMILE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SMILE mean?
- To curve the corners of the mouth upward as an expression of pleasure, friendliness or amusement.
- What letters can be added to SMILE?
- SMILE takes 5 hooks: 0 in front and 5 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SMILE:
Open SMILE in the Word Finder