WHOLE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. WHOLE 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 WHOLE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WHOLE is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WHOLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
wholesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WHOLE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WHOLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 49,015.
What does WHOLE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Complete in itself, with all its parts present and nothing removed or missing.
Whole emphasizes completeness, whether describing an entire object, a full period of time, or an undivided quantity, as in a whole cake or a whole year. The word is also used as a noun, meaning the entirety of something, as in the whole of the story. Whole is related to words like health and heal, since older English linked being whole with being sound and unharmed. In arithmetic, a whole number is one without fractions, reflecting the same underlying idea of completeness.
How WHOLE is used
Common in everyday speech to stress that nothing has been left out, divided or removed.
- They ate the whole pizza between the two of them.
- She spent the whole afternoon reading in the garden.
- The whole village came out to watch the parade.
- He wanted to hear the whole story before making a decision.
- A whole number never includes a fraction or a decimal.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WHOLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WHOLE
Showing 24 of 27 words that begin with WHOLE.
Words ending in WHOLE
2 words end in WHOLE. Useful as a back hook: play WHOLE onto a word already on the board.
Words with WHOLE inside
5 words contain WHOLE in the middle. Words that start with WHOLE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WHOLE
Common questions about WHOLE
- Is WHOLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WHOLE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WHOLE worth?
- WHOLE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WHOLE mean?
- Complete in itself, with all its parts present and nothing removed or missing.
- What letters can be added to WHOLE?
- WHOLE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WHOLE:
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