SPELK is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. SPELK is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept SPELK?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPELK is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPELK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
spelksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPELK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SPELK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 196,061.
What stands out about SPELK
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 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 SPELK mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialect
A small splinter of wood.
Spelk is a Northern English and Scots word for the thin sliver that catches under skin, the same thing a Southern speaker would simply call a splinter. The same word also named the slender rods once woven into baskets and used to pin thatch onto a roof. Both senses share the idea of a thin strip pulled or split from something larger. The word survives mainly in dialect speech and in craft terms for basketry and thatching.
How SPELK is used
Dialect, chiefly Northern English and Scots; a splinter in everyday standard English.
- A spelk of wood worked its way under her thumbnail.
- He pulled the spelk out with a needle.
- The thatcher pinned the straw with a row of spelks.
- Basket makers once wove spelks into the sides of creels.
- Watch for a spelk when you handle rough timber.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPELK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SPELK
The 5 tiles of SPELK in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SPELK
1 longer words begin with SPELK.
Shorter words from the letters in SPELK
Common questions about SPELK
- Is SPELK valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and SPELK is not in it.
- How many points is SPELK worth?
- SPELK is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPELK mean?
- A small splinter of wood.
- What letters can be added to SPELK?
- SPELK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SPELK:
Open SPELK in the Word Finder