SWILL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SWILL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SWILL?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SWILL is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SWILL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
swillsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SWILL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SWILL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does SWILL mean in Scrabble?
noun
Kitchen scraps and waste food mixed with water, traditionally fed to pigs.
Farmers once collected swill from households and kitchens as a cheap way to feed livestock, mixing table scraps with water into a sloppy mash. The word later broadened into a mild insult for any drink or food judged low in quality, as when someone dismisses a weak beer as mere swill. As a verb, to swill something also means to rinse it out forcefully with water, or to drink greedily and without much care.
How SWILL is used
The noun can refer literally to pig feed or, more loosely, to any unappetizing food or drink.
- The farmer carried a bucket of swill out to the pigsty every morning.
- He complained that the coffee shop served nothing but swill.
- Old recipes describe boiling vegetable peelings into swill for the hogs.
- That so-called stew was little more than swill.
- The pigs squealed at the sound of the swill being poured into their trough.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SWILL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SWILL
The 5 tiles of SWILL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SWILL
6 longer words begin with SWILL.
Words ending in SWILL
1 words end in SWILL. Useful as a back hook: play SWILL onto a word already on the board.
Words with SWILL inside
1 words contain SWILL in the middle. Words that start with SWILL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SWILL
Common questions about SWILL
- Is SWILL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SWILL, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SWILL worth?
- SWILL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SWILL mean?
- Kitchen scraps and waste food mixed with water, traditionally fed to pigs.
- What letters can be added to SWILL?
- SWILL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SWILL:
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