WEIL is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. WEIL 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 WEIL?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WEIL is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WEIL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
weilsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WEIL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in WEIL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What stands out about WEIL
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 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 WEIL mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scotsdialect
A whirlpool or swirling eddy in a river.
A weil forms where flowing water spins back on itself, often behind a rock or in a bend of a river, pulling floating objects round in a circle. The word is chiefly Scots and appears in older writing about rivers and mill streams, alongside the related spellings weel and wiel.
How WEIL is used
Regional Scots term for a natural whirlpool; not used in general standard English.
- The fisherman avoided the weil where the current turned back on itself.
- A branch was caught spinning in the weil below the bridge.
- Children were warned never to swim near the weil by the old mill.
- The river narrowed and formed a weil beside the rocky bank.
- Old maps marked the deep weil as a danger to boats.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WEIL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WEIL
The 4 tiles of WEIL in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with WEIL
1 longer words begin with WEIL.
Words with WEIL inside
2 words contain WEIL in the middle. Words that start with WEIL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WEIL
Common questions about WEIL
- Is WEIL valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and WEIL is not in it.
- How many points is WEIL worth?
- WEIL is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WEIL mean?
- A whirlpool or swirling eddy in a river.
- What letters can be added to WEIL?
- WEIL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of WEIL:
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