SOLA is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. SOLA 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 SOLA?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SOLA is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SOLA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SOLA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SOLA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,404.
What does SOLA mean in Scrabble?
noun
Indian Englishbotany
An Indian swamp plant of the pea family whose light pith is used to make pith helmets and other lightweight items.
The sola plant grows in wet ground across parts of India and Southeast Asia. Its stem contains a very light, cork-like pith that is cut and shaped into the sola topi, the pale, broad-brimmed hat once worn as protection from the tropical sun.
How SOLA is used
Chiefly encountered in the compound sola topi.
- The pith helmet is traditionally made from the stem of the sola plant.
- Workers harvested the sola from the shallow marsh.
- A sola topi was standard wear for colonial officials in the heat.
- The lightness of sola pith made it ideal for sun hats.
- The museum display explained how sola was processed into helmets.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SOLA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SOLA
The 4 tiles of SOLA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SOLA
Showing 24 of 58 words that begin with SOLA.
Words with SOLA inside
Showing 24 of 75 words that contain SOLA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SOLA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SOLA
Common questions about SOLA
- Is SOLA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SOLA, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SOLA worth?
- SOLA is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SOLA mean?
- An Indian swamp plant of the pea family whose light pith is used to make pith helmets and other lightweight items.
- What letters can be added to SOLA?
- SOLA takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SOLA:
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