THILL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. THILL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept THILL?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful THILL is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THILL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
thillsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How THILL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in THILL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 116,184.
What does THILL mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
Either of the two long shafts of a cart or carriage between which a horse is harnessed to pull the vehicle.
A thill runs along each side of the horse, connecting the animal's harness to the body of the cart so it can pull and steer the load without a separate pole. Farmers and carriage builders once spoke of thill horses, meaning the single animal harnessed directly between the thills, as distinct from any additional horses hitched further ahead. The word survives today mainly in historical writing about horse-drawn transport and in a few farming communities that still use horse-drawn carts. A broken thill could leave a cart unusable, so wheelwrights kept spare timber on hand for quick repairs.
How THILL is used
Now mainly historical or regional, used in writing about horse-drawn carts and carriages and among communities that still work with horses.
- The old wagon rested on a single wooden thill.
- A snapped thill left the cart stranded by the roadside.
- He guided the horse carefully between the two thills.
- The blacksmith reinforced the thill with an iron band.
- Each thill bore the marks of years of hard use.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THILL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of THILL
The 5 tiles of THILL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with THILL
3 longer words begin with THILL.
Words ending in THILL
3 words end in THILL. Useful as a back hook: play THILL onto a word already on the board.
Words with THILL inside
3 words contain THILL in the middle. Words that start with THILL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in THILL
Common questions about THILL
- Is THILL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts THILL, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is THILL worth?
- THILL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THILL mean?
- Either of the two long shafts of a cart or carriage between which a horse is harnessed to pull the vehicle.
- What letters can be added to THILL?
- THILL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of THILL:
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