WURZEL is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. WURZEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WURZEL?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WURZEL is to know. It scores 18 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WURZEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
wurzelsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WURZEL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in WURZEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 517,384.
What does WURZEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large coarse beet grown as cattle feed.
A wurzel root has a yellow to orange-red colour and is also known in Britain as the mangold. Farmers store it through winter so that animals have food when grass is short.
How WURZEL is used
An agricultural word, found in farming texts.
- The farmer pulled a heavy wurzel from the field.
- Cows were fed chopped wurzel in winter.
- A large wurzel can weigh several kilograms.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WURZEL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WURZEL
1 longer words begin with WURZEL.
Shorter words from the letters in WURZEL
Common questions about WURZEL
- Is WURZEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WURZEL, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WURZEL worth?
- WURZEL is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WURZEL mean?
- A large coarse beet grown as cattle feed.
- What letters can be added to WURZEL?
- WURZEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of WURZEL:
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