WELL is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. WELL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WELL?
| 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 WELL is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WELL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WELL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in WELL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does WELL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A deep hole dug or drilled into the ground to reach a supply of water, oil or gas.
People dig or drill a well down to an underground supply, most often water, and then draw it up with a bucket or a pump; the same word covers wells that bring up oil or natural gas. Before piped water became common, a village well was often the shared source of drinking water for an entire community.
How WELL is used
- The villagers drew fresh water from the well every morning.
- They drilled a deep well to find water beneath the desert.
- The old stone well in the courtyard has been dry for years.
- Engineers capped the oil well after the reserve ran dry.
- A bucket on a rope was lowered into the well.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WELL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WELL
Showing 24 of 35 words that begin with WELL.
Words ending in WELL
24 words end in WELL. Useful as a back hook: play WELL onto a word already on the board.
Words with WELL inside
Showing 24 of 124 words that contain WELL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with WELL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WELL
Common questions about WELL
- Is WELL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WELL, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WELL worth?
- WELL is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WELL mean?
- A deep hole dug or drilled into the ground to reach a supply of water, oil or gas.
- What letters can be added to WELL?
- WELL takes 4 hooks: 2 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of WELL:
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