WHEEL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. WHEEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WHEEL?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WHEEL is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WHEEL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WHEEL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WHEEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 71,295.
What does WHEEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A circular frame or disc that turns on an axle, used to allow a vehicle or machine to move or to transmit motion.
The wheel is often cited as one of the most important inventions in human history, since it allowed carts, chariots and eventually cars to move loads far more easily than dragging them along the ground. A wheel does not need to belong to a vehicle at all, as a potter's wheel spins clay into shape and a ship's wheel steers a vessel by turning its rudder. Beyond machinery, the word wheel appears in many idioms, such as reinventing the wheel, meaning to waste effort recreating something that already exists. Mechanics and engineers continue to refine wheel design for cars, bicycles and aircraft to reduce weight and improve safety.
How WHEEL is used
Extremely common word, used literally for vehicle and machine parts and figuratively in many everyday idioms.
- The mechanic replaced the damaged front wheel.
- She spun the potter's wheel to shape the bowl.
- He gripped the wheel tightly on the icy road.
- No one needs to reinvent the wheel here.
- The wagon lost a wheel on the rough track.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WHEEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WHEEL
Showing 24 of 34 words that begin with WHEEL.
Words ending in WHEEL
Showing 24 of 26 words that end in WHEEL. Useful as a back hook: play WHEEL onto a word already on the board.
Words with WHEEL inside
Showing 24 of 42 words that contain WHEEL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with WHEEL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WHEEL
Common questions about WHEEL
- Is WHEEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WHEEL, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WHEEL worth?
- WHEEL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WHEEL mean?
- A circular frame or disc that turns on an axle, used to allow a vehicle or machine to move or to transmit motion.
- What letters can be added to WHEEL?
- WHEEL takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WHEEL:
Open WHEEL in the Word Finder