SPLEEN is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SPLEEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPLEEN?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPLEEN is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPLEEN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPLEEN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SPLEEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 94,070.
What does SPLEEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
An organ near the stomach that filters the blood and helps the body fight infection.
In medicine the spleen stores blood cells and removes old ones, and a person can live without it, though they become more prone to infection. In older English it was thought the seat of bad temper, so to vent your spleen is to give an angry outburst. The word comes from Greek splen, and the sense of ill humour is still used in literary writing.
How SPLEEN is used
Anatomical in medicine; figurative in literary use for anger.
- The doctor felt for an enlarged spleen.
- He vented his spleen in a furious letter to the editor.
- A ruptured spleen can cause serious bleeding.
- The poem is full of spleen against the city.
- She had her spleen removed after the accident.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPLEEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SPLEEN
The 6 tiles of SPLEEN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SPLEEN
13 longer words begin with SPLEEN.
Shorter words from the letters in SPLEEN
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Common questions about SPLEEN
- Is SPLEEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPLEEN, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPLEEN worth?
- SPLEEN is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPLEEN mean?
- An organ near the stomach that filters the blood and helps the body fight infection.
- What letters can be added to SPLEEN?
- SPLEEN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SPLEEN:
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