VOLE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. VOLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VOLE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VOLE is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VOLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VOLE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in VOLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,106.
What stands out about VOLE
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 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 VOLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small rodent resembling a mouse, found in fields and meadows.
In some card games such as piquet, a player who wins every trick in a hand is said to score a vole. Biologically, the animal is distinguished from a mouse by a shorter tail and a blunter snout.
How VOLE is used
Used both in wildlife writing and in older card game terminology.
- A vole darted through the grass before the hawk could strike.
- Farmers set traps to keep voles from damaging the crop roots.
- The naturalist pointed out a burrow used by a field vole.
- Several voles nested beneath the old stone wall that winter.
- Owls hunt voles at dusk across the open meadow.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VOLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of VOLE
The 4 tiles of VOLE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with VOLE
8 longer words begin with VOLE.
Words ending in VOLE
2 words end in VOLE. Useful as a back hook: play VOLE onto a word already on the board.
Words with VOLE inside
17 words contain VOLE in the middle. Words that start with VOLE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in VOLE
Common questions about VOLE
- Is VOLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VOLE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VOLE worth?
- VOLE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VOLE mean?
- A small rodent resembling a mouse, found in fields and meadows.
- What letters can be added to VOLE?
- VOLE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of VOLE:
Open VOLE in the Word Finder