SNELL is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. SNELL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SNELL?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SNELL is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SNELL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SNELL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SNELL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does SNELL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Scotsdialect
Sharp, keen or bitingly cold, especially of wind or weather; also brisk, quick or active in manner.
Scots and northern English speakers reach for snell to describe a wind that cuts through clothing with unusual sharpness, a sense close to but stronger than the standard English keen or biting. The same word can also describe a person moving briskly or acting with quick, decisive energy, extending the core idea of sharpness from weather to behavior. Poetry and dialect writing keep snell alive far more often than everyday conversation does outside Scotland and parts of northern England.
How SNELL is used
A dialect and Scots word, met mainly in poetry, dialect writing and speech from Scotland and northern England.
- A snell wind cut across the open moor.
- The old poem describes a snell frost gripping the hills.
- Her snell reply left no doubt about her opinion.
- Farmers braced for the snell weather rolling in from the north.
- He walked with a snell, purposeful stride despite the cold.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SNELL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SNELL
6 longer words begin with SNELL.
Shorter words from the letters in SNELL
Common questions about SNELL
- Is SNELL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SNELL, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SNELL worth?
- SNELL is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SNELL mean?
- Sharp, keen or bitingly cold, especially of wind or weather; also brisk, quick or active in manner.
- What letters can be added to SNELL?
- SNELL takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SNELL:
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