WEASEL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. WEASEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WEASEL?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WEASEL is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WEASEL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WEASEL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in WEASEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 62,713.
What does WEASEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A small slender meat-eating mammal with short legs, or a person regarded as sly and untrustworthy.
A weasel is quick enough to chase mice down their own tunnels, and it is the smallest member of the group that includes stoats and ferrets. The figurative use for a deceitful person is old, and the verb to weasel means to act or talk evasively, as in weasel out of a promise.
How WEASEL is used
As a verb it is informal and usually followed by out of or around.
- A weasel darted across the path and vanished into the wall.
- Nobody trusted him; he was known as a weasel.
- The politician tried to weasel out of the question.
- Weasel tracks crossed the fresh snow in the garden.
- The contract was full of weasel words that avoided any promise.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WEASEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WEASEL
15 longer words begin with WEASEL.
Shorter words from the letters in WEASEL
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Common questions about WEASEL
- Is WEASEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WEASEL, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WEASEL worth?
- WEASEL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WEASEL mean?
- A small slender meat-eating mammal with short legs, or a person regarded as sly and untrustworthy.
- What letters can be added to WEASEL?
- WEASEL takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of WEASEL:
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