SPEEL is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. SPEEL 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 SPEEL?
| 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 SPEEL is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPEEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
speelsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPEEL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SPEEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 35,648.
What stands out about SPEEL
- The same 5 tiles also spell 4 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 SPEEL mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scots
To climb or clamber up something, especially with effort.
Speel is a Scots and northern English dialect verb for climbing, often describing children scrambling up trees, walls, or steep banks rather than a formal mountaineering ascent. Writers recording rural speech in Scotland and the north of England use speel to give dialogue an authentic regional flavor. The alternative spelling speil records the same word and pronunciation, showing how dialect writing often varied before spelling settled into a single form.
How SPEEL is used
Found mainly in Scottish and northern English dialect speech and writing, rather than standard modern usage.
- The boys would speel the old oak tree every afternoon after school.
- She watched her grandson speel up the garden wall in seconds.
- It took a steady head to speel the crumbling cliff path.
- He speeled over the fence rather than walk around to the gate.
- The goats seemed to speel the rocky slope without any effort.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPEEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SPEEL
The 5 tiles of SPEEL in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with SPEEL
5 longer words begin with SPEEL.
Shorter words from the letters in SPEEL
Common questions about SPEEL
- Is SPEEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPEEL, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPEEL worth?
- SPEEL is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPEEL mean?
- To climb or clamber up something, especially with effort.
- What letters can be added to SPEEL?
- SPEEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SPEEL:
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