TOIL is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. TOIL 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 TOIL?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TOIL is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TOIL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TOIL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in TOIL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,269.
What does TOIL mean in Scrabble?
verb
literary
To work continuously at hard, tiring physical or mental labor.
To toil is to keep working long and hard at something exhausting. It covers farm work, a difficult task at a desk, or any other effort that wears a person down over time.
How TOIL is used
Common in both everyday and literary writing; often paired with words like "toil and trouble" or "toil away".
- The farmers toil in the fields from dawn until dusk.
- She had to toil for years before the business finally succeeded.
- Miners toil deep underground in difficult conditions.
- He toiled over the report late into the night.
- They toiled up the steep mountain path with heavy packs.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TOIL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TOIL
The 4 tiles of TOIL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TOIL
Showing 24 of 31 words that begin with TOIL.
Words ending in TOIL
3 words end in TOIL. Useful as a back hook: play TOIL onto a word already on the board.
Words with TOIL inside
16 words contain TOIL in the middle. Words that start with TOIL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TOIL
Common questions about TOIL
- Is TOIL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TOIL, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TOIL worth?
- TOIL is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TOIL mean?
- To work continuously at hard, tiring physical or mental labor.
- What letters can be added to TOIL?
- TOIL takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of TOIL:
Open TOIL in the Word Finder