SNOOL is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. SNOOL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SNOOL?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SNOOL is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SNOOL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
snoolsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SNOOL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SNOOL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 28,009.
What stands out about SNOOL
- 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 SNOOL mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scotsdialect
A servile, cringing or submissive person who allows themselves to be bullied or bossed about; as a verb, to submit tamely to domination, or to bully and browbeat someone into submission.
A snool is someone who has given up standing up for themselves, cringing before whoever holds power over them rather than resisting, a figure often held up for pity or contempt in Scots writing. The related verb works both ways: a person can snool, meaning to knuckle under meekly, or another person can snool someone else, meaning to bully them into that submissive state. Robert Burns and other Scots poets used snool to capture exactly this mix of weakness and cringing obedience in a single sharp word.
How SNOOL is used
A Scots dialect word, met mainly in Scottish literature and dialect speech rather than in standard English.
- The poem mocks the snool who never dares argue back.
- Years under a harsh master had turned him into a snool.
- She refused to snool before her overbearing employer.
- His constant scolding seemed designed to snool the whole household.
- Burns's verse has little patience for a cringing snool.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SNOOL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SNOOL
The 5 tiles of SNOOL in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SNOOL
3 longer words begin with SNOOL.
Shorter words from the letters in SNOOL
Common questions about SNOOL
- Is SNOOL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SNOOL, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SNOOL worth?
- SNOOL is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SNOOL mean?
- A servile, cringing or submissive person who allows themselves to be bullied or bossed about; as a verb, to submit tamely to domination, or to bully and browbeat someone into submission.
- What letters can be added to SNOOL?
- SNOOL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SNOOL:
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