WIEL is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. WIEL is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 7 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept WIEL?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WIEL is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WIEL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WIEL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in WIEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What stands out about WIEL
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does WIEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scotsdialect
A whirlpool or deep swirling pool in a river, also spelled weel or weil.
A wiel forms where moving water is forced into a tight circular current, often near a bend or an obstruction in a riverbed, and the resulting pool can be far deeper and more dangerous than the surrounding shallows. The word belongs to older Scots vocabulary describing river features and survives mainly in regional and historical writing.
How WIEL is used
Regional Scots term for a feature of a river; rarely used outside dialect or historical writing.
- The current pulled the branch into the wiel and spun it round.
- Fishermen warned the boys away from the deep wiel below the mill.
- A heron stood patiently at the edge of the wiel.
- The old map marked a wiel where two streams met.
- Local children were told never to swim near the wiel.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WIEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WIEL
The 4 tiles of WIEL in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with WIEL
14 longer words begin with WIEL.
Words with WIEL inside
10 words contain WIEL in the middle. Words that start with WIEL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WIEL
Common questions about WIEL
- Is WIEL valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and WIEL is not in it.
- How many points is WIEL worth?
- WIEL is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WIEL mean?
- A whirlpool or deep swirling pool in a river, also spelled weel or weil.
- What letters can be added to WIEL?
- WIEL takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of WIEL:
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