WAWL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. WAWL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WAWL?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WAWL is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WAWL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
wawlsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WAWL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in WAWL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 108,923.
What does WAWL mean in Scrabble?
verb
dialect
To cry or howl loudly.
Wawl is imitative and used chiefly about cats, which is why it appears in Shakespeare beside a list of unpleasant noises. It is spelled several ways and none of them has won.
How WAWL is used
Wawled, wawling. Also spelled waul.
- The cat wawled outside the window until two.
- The word wawl is imitative and used about cats.
- Shakespeare lists wawl among unpleasant noises.
- Several spellings of wawl exist and none is standard.
- A wawl carries further than a miaow.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WAWL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WAWL
4 longer words begin with WAWL.
Shorter words from the letters in WAWL
Common questions about WAWL
- Is WAWL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WAWL, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WAWL worth?
- WAWL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WAWL mean?
- To cry or howl loudly.
- What letters can be added to WAWL?
- WAWL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of WAWL:
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