ZOL is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. ZOL is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 12 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept ZOL?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZOL is to know. It scores 12 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZOL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
zolsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ZOL scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ZOL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,053.
What does ZOL mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalSouth African
A hand-rolled cigarette, especially one containing cannabis.
Zol is South African, and it names the object rather than the substance: the word covers a roll-up of tobacco as readily as anything else, and context does the rest. It belongs to speech, not to print, and reads as casual in a way that no formal synonym manages.
How ZOL is used
Countable: a zol, two zols. Also used as a verb for rolling one.
- He rolled a zol on the step and watched the road.
- Somebody passed a zol along the row and nobody refused.
- The smell of a zol drifted over the fence.
- A zol and a cup of coffee was his whole breakfast.
- She had not touched a zol in fifteen years.
- They shared one zol between four and called it an evening.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZOL and 6 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ZOL
4 longer words begin with ZOL.
Words ending in ZOL
5 words end in ZOL. Useful as a back hook: play ZOL onto a word already on the board.
Words with ZOL inside
Showing 24 of 95 words that contain ZOL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ZOL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ZOL
Common questions about ZOL
- Is ZOL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZOL, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ZOL worth?
- ZOL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZOL mean?
- A hand-rolled cigarette, especially one containing cannabis.
- What letters can be added to ZOL?
- ZOL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ZOL:
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