TROWEL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. TROWEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TROWEL?
| 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 TROWEL is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TROWEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
trowelsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TROWEL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TROWEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,115.
What does TROWEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small hand tool with a flat or scooped blade, used for digging or spreading.
Gardeners use a pointed, scoop-shaped trowel to dig holes for seedlings, while bricklayers and plasterers use a flat steel one to spread mortar or plaster. Archaeologists also work with a small pointed trowel when they uncover buried remains layer by layer. To lay it on with a trowel is an old figure of speech for praising someone far too heavily.
How TROWEL is used
Common in gardening, building and archaeology.
- She dug a hole for the bulb with a trowel.
- The mason scraped the extra mortar off with his trowel.
- A garden trowel is useful for potting plants.
- The archaeologist brushed the soil away with a trowel.
- He smoothed the wet plaster with a steel trowel.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TROWEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TROWEL
The 6 tiles of TROWEL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TROWEL
9 longer words begin with TROWEL.
Shorter words from the letters in TROWEL
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Common questions about TROWEL
- Is TROWEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TROWEL, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TROWEL worth?
- TROWEL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TROWEL mean?
- A small hand tool with a flat or scooped blade, used for digging or spreading.
- What letters can be added to TROWEL?
- TROWEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TROWEL:
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