WINDLE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. WINDLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WINDLE?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WINDLE is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WINDLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WINDLE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in WINDLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What does WINDLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialectregional
A simple reel or spindle on which yarn is wound.
In older northern English and Scots usage, a windle was the frame that held a hank of thread while it was being wound off, and the word also names a dry measure of grain of about three bushels. It is the noun counterpart of the verb to wind, with the -le ending that marks a tool. Today it turns up mostly in dialect dictionaries and in writing about traditional textile work.
How WINDLE is used
Regional and old-fashioned; known mainly from dialect and historical sources.
- She set the hank of wool on the windle and began to turn.
- The old windle stood in the corner beside the spinning wheel.
- A windle of barley was sold at the market that day.
- He carved a new windle from ash wood for his mother.
- The museum keeps a windle used by weavers in the dales.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WINDLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WINDLE
10 longer words begin with WINDLE.
Shorter words from the letters in WINDLE
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Common questions about WINDLE
- Is WINDLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WINDLE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WINDLE worth?
- WINDLE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WINDLE mean?
- A simple reel or spindle on which yarn is wound.
- What letters can be added to WINDLE?
- WINDLE takes 4 hooks: 2 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of WINDLE:
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