TELE is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. TELE 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 TELE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TELE is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 8.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TELE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TELE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in TELE, 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 TELE
- 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 TELE mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalBritish
An informal British word for television, or a television set.
Tele is the everyday shortening British, Australian and New Zealand speakers reach for when talking about watching programmes at home, much as Americans reach for TV. The two clipped forms are not usually swapped within the same sentence, since each carries its own regional flavour and stayed largely on its own side of the Atlantic.
How TELE is used
Casual and spoken; not used in formal or written English.
- He spent the whole evening in front of the tele.
- Turn the tele down, I cannot hear you.
- Nothing good is on the tele tonight.
- She fell asleep watching the tele on the sofa.
- The old tele in the corner still works fine.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TELE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TELE
The 4 tiles of TELE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with TELE
Showing 24 of 353 words that begin with TELE.
Words ending in TELE
8 words end in TELE. Useful as a back hook: play TELE onto a word already on the board.
Words with TELE inside
Showing 24 of 110 words that contain TELE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TELE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TELE
Common questions about TELE
- Is TELE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TELE, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TELE worth?
- TELE is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TELE mean?
- An informal British word for television, or a television set.
- What letters can be added to TELE?
- TELE takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of TELE:
Open TELE in the Word Finder