WHORTLE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. WHORTLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WHORTLE?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WHORTLE is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WHORTLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
whortlesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WHORTLE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in WHORTLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 289,489.
What does WHORTLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialect
A whortleberry, the small dark edible berry of a low wild shrub.
Country people picked the whortle on heaths and moors, and the bilberry is a close relative of it. It is a short dialect form that few speakers use now.
How WHORTLE is used
Whortle is a dialect noun, shorter than whortleberry.
- Children filled their hats with whortle from the moor.
- The jam was made from wild whortle.
- A whortle bush grew by the stone wall.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WHORTLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WHORTLE
3 longer words begin with WHORTLE.
Shorter words from the letters in WHORTLE
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Common questions about WHORTLE
- Is WHORTLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WHORTLE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WHORTLE worth?
- WHORTLE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WHORTLE mean?
- A whortleberry, the small dark edible berry of a low wild shrub.
- What letters can be added to WHORTLE?
- WHORTLE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of WHORTLE:
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