WIMBLE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. WIMBLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WIMBLE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WIMBLE is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WIMBLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WIMBLE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in WIMBLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 344,923.
What does WIMBLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A hand tool for boring holes, such as a gimlet or auger.
A wimble is an old name for a boring tool turned by hand, with a screw tip that bites into wood and clears the hole as it goes. Miners also used a version to pull rubbish out of a bored hole. As a verb, to wimble means to drill or pierce with such a tool, though the verb is far rarer than the noun.
How WIMBLE is used
Archaic or technical; found in older craft writing and word lists.
- The carpenter turned the wimble until it broke through the plank.
- An old wimble hung on the wall of the workshop.
- He used a wimble to start a hole for the screw.
- The miner pulled loose stone out of the shaft with a wimble.
- They will wimble a row of holes along the beam.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WIMBLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WIMBLE
2 longer words begin with WIMBLE.
Shorter words from the letters in WIMBLE
Common questions about WIMBLE
- Is WIMBLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WIMBLE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WIMBLE worth?
- WIMBLE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WIMBLE mean?
- A hand tool for boring holes, such as a gimlet or auger.
- What letters can be added to WIMBLE?
- WIMBLE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of WIMBLE:
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