WELLHOLE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. WELLHOLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WELLHOLE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WELLHOLE is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WELLHOLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
wellholesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WELLHOLE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in WELLHOLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 3 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so WELLHOLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does WELLHOLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
The vertical shaft of a well, or an open space in a building that a staircase winds around.
In architecture a wellhole is the empty space left in the middle of a spiral or turning stair. The word is also used for the shaft of a water well.
How WELLHOLE is used
Used in building and in descriptions of wells.
- Light poured down the wellhole into the hall.
- The children peered over the rail into the wellhole.
- A rope hung down the wellhole to the water.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WELLHOLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WELLHOLE
1 longer words begin with WELLHOLE.
Shorter words from the letters in WELLHOLE
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Common questions about WELLHOLE
- Is WELLHOLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WELLHOLE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WELLHOLE worth?
- WELLHOLE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WELLHOLE mean?
- The vertical shaft of a well, or an open space in a building that a staircase winds around.
- What letters can be added to WELLHOLE?
- WELLHOLE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of WELLHOLE:
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