WEAL is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. WEAL 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 WEAL?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WEAL is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WEAL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WEAL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in WEAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What stands out about WEAL
- 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 WEAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A raised mark left on skin by a blow.
Two different words fell together in this spelling. The other one means wellbeing and is older, surviving now in commonwealth and in a few set phrases about the public good — which is why a sentence containing weal can go in two directions entirely, and only the context decides.
How WEAL is used
Countable: a weal, two weals. The unrelated sense meaning wellbeing is uncountable.
- The cane left a weal across his palm.
- Weals came up within a minute of the sting.
- A weal that width means the strap was doubled.
- The phrase about the common weal uses a different word entirely.
- The weal faded in a week and the argument did not.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WEAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WEAL
The 4 tiles of WEAL in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with WEAL
14 longer words begin with WEAL.
Words ending in WEAL
3 words end in WEAL. Useful as a back hook: play WEAL onto a word already on the board.
Words with WEAL inside
10 words contain WEAL in the middle. Words that start with WEAL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WEAL
Common questions about WEAL
- Is WEAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WEAL, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WEAL worth?
- WEAL is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WEAL mean?
- A raised mark left on skin by a blow.
- What letters can be added to WEAL?
- WEAL takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of WEAL:
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