SPOOL is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. SPOOL 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 SPOOL?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPOOL is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPOOL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
spoolsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPOOL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SPOOL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 84,026.
What stands out about SPOOL
- The letters of SPOOL run in reverse alphabetical order.
- 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 SPOOL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A cylindrical device on which thread, wire, film, cable or similar material is wound.
A spool gives a long, thin material somewhere organised to sit so that it can be wound on and later drawn off smoothly, without tangling, which is why sewing thread, fishing line, film and audio tape have all traditionally been sold and stored on one. Cinema projectors once fed film from spool to spool as a reel played, and although digital projection has replaced most of that machinery, the word survives in phrases such as spooling through footage. As a verb, to spool something means to wind it onto such a device, or, in computing, to spool a print job means to send it into a queue that feeds a printer steadily rather than all at once. A sewing kit almost always keeps its thread on small plastic or wooden spools, each one holding a single colour ready to be threaded through a needle.
How SPOOL is used
Standard across sewing, film, fishing and computing, wherever a long thin material needs to be wound for storage or steady feeding.
- She threaded a new spool of blue thread into the sewing machine.
- The old projector clattered as the film spool turned.
- He wound fresh line onto the fishing reel's spool.
- The printer spooled each document before printing it in order.
- A tangled spool of cable sat forgotten in the drawer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPOOL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SPOOL
The 5 tiles of SPOOL in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with SPOOL
6 longer words begin with SPOOL.
Words ending in SPOOL
4 words end in SPOOL. Useful as a back hook: play SPOOL onto a word already on the board.
Words with SPOOL inside
8 words contain SPOOL in the middle. Words that start with SPOOL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SPOOL
Common questions about SPOOL
- Is SPOOL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPOOL, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPOOL worth?
- SPOOL is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPOOL mean?
- A cylindrical device on which thread, wire, film, cable or similar material is wound.
- What letters can be added to SPOOL?
- SPOOL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SPOOL:
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