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Is coil a Scrabble word?

Yes, coil is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 6 points in Scrabble.

Word Games

  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of coil?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (electronics) A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.Synonyms: inductor

2. (figurative) Entanglement; perplexity.Examples: "What trifling coil do we mortals keep; Wake, eat, and drink, evacuate, and sleep."figuratively

verb (English)

1. (obsolete, rare) To encircle and hold with, or as if with, coils.Examples: "a. 1757, Thomas Edwards, sonnet to Mr. Nathanael Mason Pleasure coil thee in her dangerous snare"obsoleterare

noun (English)

1. (now obsolete except in phrases) A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil.Examples: "a. 1738, Thomas Urquhart, Peter Anthony Motteux, and John Ozell (translators), François Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel And when he saw that all the dogs were flocking about her, yarring at the retardment of their access to her, and every way keeping such a coil with her as they are wont to do about a proud or salt bitch, he forthwith departed […]"; "If the windes rage, doth not the Sea wax mad, / Threatning the welkin with his big-swolne face? / And wilt thou haue a reason for this coile?"; "this great Savage desired also to see him. A great coyle there was to set him forward."

noun (English)

1. (informal, slang) A wad of cash.informalslang

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "coil"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "coil"?

Scrabble
6 points
C3
O1
I1
L1
Words With Friends
8 points
C4
O1
I1
L2

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