WORMIL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. WORMIL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WORMIL?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WORMIL is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WORMIL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
wormilsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WORMIL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in WORMIL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What does WORMIL mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
The larva of a botfly that burrows under the skin of cattle and other animals, forming a swelling.
Farmers have long known these grubs as the cause of lumps along the backs of cattle in spring, when the larvae work their way out of the hide. The infestation damages the leather as well as troubling the animal, which made it a real nuisance to herdsmen. Other old names for the same grub include warble and worble, and wormil is simply one regional form of the name.
How WORMIL is used
Rare and dialectal; found in older farming and natural history writing.
- The vet found a wormil beneath the skin of the calf.
- A swelling on the back showed where a wormil had settled.
- The tanner rejected the hide because a wormil had pierced it.
- Old herdsmen squeezed the wormil out by hand.
- Each wormil matures into a heavy buzzing fly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WORMIL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WORMIL
1 longer words begin with WORMIL.
Shorter words from the letters in WORMIL
Common questions about WORMIL
- Is WORMIL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WORMIL, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WORMIL worth?
- WORMIL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WORMIL mean?
- The larva of a botfly that burrows under the skin of cattle and other animals, forming a swelling.
- What letters can be added to WORMIL?
- WORMIL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of WORMIL:
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