TEEL is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. TEEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TEEL?
| 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 TEEL is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 8.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TEEL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TEEL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in TEEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,476.
What stands out about TEEL
- The same 4 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 TEEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
The sesame plant, or the seeds it produces, also known as til.
Teel is an older name used in English for the sesame plant grown widely across Asia and Africa for its oil-rich seeds. The same plant and its seeds are more commonly called sesame or til today, and teel oil is another name for sesame oil.
How TEEL is used
Rare outside older agricultural or botanical writing; sesame is the everyday term.
- Farmers in the region still call the crop teel rather than sesame.
- Teel oil is pressed from the small oval seeds of the plant.
- The old trade ledger listed sacks of teel among the exports.
- Teel grows well in dry, sandy soil.
- She ground roasted teel seeds into a paste for the dish.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TEEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TEEL
The 4 tiles of TEEL in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with TEEL
1 longer words begin with TEEL.
Words ending in TEEL
6 words end in TEEL. Useful as a back hook: play TEEL onto a word already on the board.
Words with TEEL inside
Showing 24 of 54 words that contain TEEL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TEEL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TEEL
Common questions about TEEL
- Is TEEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TEEL, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TEEL worth?
- TEEL is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TEEL mean?
- The sesame plant, or the seeds it produces, also known as til.
- What letters can be added to TEEL?
- TEEL takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of TEEL:
Open TEEL in the Word Finder