WYLE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. WYLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WYLE?
| 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 WYLE is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WYLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WYLE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in WYLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 20,423.
What does WYLE mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scots
To lure or entice somebody.
Wyle is Scots and a variant of wile, and the two split by spelling rather than by meaning. Scots kept several such pairs where English settled on a single form.
How WYLE is used
Wyled, wyling. Scots and northern dialect.
- They wyled him into the shop with a free sample.
- The word wyle is the Scots form of wile.
- A wyle and a wile mean the same thing.
- Scots kept wyle and English kept the other spelling.
- To wyle somebody into something takes patience.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WYLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WYLE
2 longer words begin with WYLE.
Shorter words from the letters in WYLE
Common questions about WYLE
- Is WYLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WYLE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WYLE worth?
- WYLE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WYLE mean?
- To lure or entice somebody.
- What letters can be added to WYLE?
- WYLE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of WYLE:
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