WALE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. WALE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WALE?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WALE is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WALE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WALE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in WALE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What stands out about WALE
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 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 WALE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A raised ridge or rib running across a woven or knitted fabric, as in corduroy.
Textile makers often count the number of wales per inch to describe how fine or coarse a corduroy is. In knitting, the same term denotes a vertical column of stitches unrelated to woven ribbing.
How WALE is used
Chiefly used in textile and knitting terminology to describe fabric texture.
- The jacket featured a fine wale along the collar.
- Wide wale corduroy differs greatly from narrow wale fabric.
- She counted the wales across the small swatch.
- Each wale ran perfectly straight down the trousers.
- The old coat had a soft wale worn smooth with age.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WALE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WALE
The 4 tiles of WALE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with WALE
4 longer words begin with WALE.
Words ending in WALE
5 words end in WALE. Useful as a back hook: play WALE onto a word already on the board.
Words with WALE inside
6 words contain WALE in the middle. Words that start with WALE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WALE
Common questions about WALE
- Is WALE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WALE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WALE worth?
- WALE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WALE mean?
- A raised ridge or rib running across a woven or knitted fabric, as in corduroy.
- What letters can be added to WALE?
- WALE takes 5 hooks: 2 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of WALE:
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