WHORLING is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. WHORLING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WHORLING?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WHORLING is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WHORLING
No single letter turns WHORLING into another word.
How WHORLING scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in WHORLING, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so WHORLING has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about WHORLING
- All 8 letters of WHORLING are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does WHORLING mean in Scrabble?
WHORLING is the -ing form (present participle) of WHORL.
WHORL(noun) — A coiled or spiral shape, such as a ring of leaves or petals around a stem, one of the ridge patterns in a fingerprint, or a turn in a spiral shell.
Shorter words from the letters in WHORLING
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Common questions about WHORLING
- Is WHORLING valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WHORLING, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WHORLING worth?
- WHORLING is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What letters can be added to WHORLING?
- No single letter can be added to WHORLING to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of WHORLING:
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