WILE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. WILE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WILE?
| 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 WILE is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WILE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WILE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in WILE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What stands out about WILE
- 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 WILE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A cunning trick or crafty action used to deceive or persuade someone.
A wile is a small, clever piece of deception rather than an outright lie, often relying on charm, flattery or misdirection to get what the user of it wants. The word is most often used in the plural, wiles, to describe a whole pattern of persuasive tricks, such as the wiles of a skilled negotiator.
How WILE is used
Common in both everyday and literary contexts, often in the plural form wiles.
- She used every wile she knew to win the argument.
- His usual wile was to flatter people before asking a favour.
- The fox is famous in stories for its wile and cunning.
- No wile of the salesman could persuade them to buy.
- The child tried a wile to avoid finishing dinner.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WILE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WILE
The 4 tiles of WILE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with WILE
3 longer words begin with WILE.
Words ending in WILE
3 words end in WILE. Useful as a back hook: play WILE onto a word already on the board.
Words with WILE inside
6 words contain WILE in the middle. Words that start with WILE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WILE
Common questions about WILE
- Is WILE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WILE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WILE worth?
- WILE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WILE mean?
- A cunning trick or crafty action used to deceive or persuade someone.
- What letters can be added to WILE?
- WILE takes 4 hooks: 2 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of WILE:
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