SPILL is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. SPILL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPILL?
| 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 SPILL is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPILL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
spillsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPILL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SPILL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does SPILL mean in Scrabble?
verb
To cause a liquid or other loose substance to flow or fall out of a container accidentally.
Spill almost always describes an accident rather than a deliberate act, whether a toddler spilling milk at breakfast or an oil tanker spilling crude into the sea. The same word works as a noun for both the incident and the resulting mess, as in a coffee spill on the carpet or a chemical spill at a factory. English also keeps an informal sense, to spill the beans, meaning to reveal a secret carelessly, echoing the same idea of something escaping when it should have stayed contained. The past-tense form spilt is a chiefly British variant of spilled and carries no separate meaning of its own.
How SPILL is used
Extremely common in everyday speech for accidental leaks of liquids, and informally for revealing secrets.
- She reached across the table and made the glass spill everywhere.
- The damaged hull of the tanker caused a major oil spill offshore.
- He tried not to spill his coffee while walking up the stairs.
- A single spark could spill fuel across the workshop floor.
- Under questioning, the nervous witness began to spill every detail.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPILL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SPILL
The 5 tiles of SPILL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SPILL
15 longer words begin with SPILL.
Words ending in SPILL
1 words end in SPILL. Useful as a back hook: play SPILL onto a word already on the board.
Words with SPILL inside
4 words contain SPILL in the middle. Words that start with SPILL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SPILL
Common questions about SPILL
- Is SPILL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPILL, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPILL worth?
- SPILL is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPILL mean?
- To cause a liquid or other loose substance to flow or fall out of a container accidentally.
- What letters can be added to SPILL?
- SPILL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SPILL:
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