VRIL is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. VRIL is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 7 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept VRIL?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VRIL is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VRIL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
vrilsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VRIL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in VRIL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does VRIL mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A fictional form of energy or life force described in a nineteenth century novel.
The concept originated in the 1871 novel The Coming Race by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, where an advanced subterranean race wields the substance to control matter and mind. The invented term later inspired a real occult group known as the Vril Society, fueling twentieth century conspiracy legends.
How VRIL is used
Appears mainly in discussions of early science fiction and occult history.
- The novel describes a hidden race that channels vril for power.
- Some conspiracy theorists still write about supposed vril technology.
- Early science fiction fans debated what vril might represent scientifically.
- The story characters harness vril to light entire underground cities.
- Historians trace modern myths about vril back to a single Victorian novel.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VRIL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of VRIL
The 4 tiles of VRIL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with VRIL
1 longer words begin with VRIL.
Words with VRIL inside
2 words contain VRIL in the middle. Words that start with VRIL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in VRIL
Common questions about VRIL
- Is VRIL valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and VRIL is not in it.
- How many points is VRIL worth?
- VRIL is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VRIL mean?
- A fictional form of energy or life force described in a nineteenth century novel.
- What letters can be added to VRIL?
- VRIL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of VRIL:
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