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Is heel a Scrabble word?

Yes, heel is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 7 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of heel?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (anatomy) The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.Examples: "He [the stag] calls to mind his strength and then his speed, / His winged heels and then his armed head."

2. (usually in the plural) A high-heeled shoe.Examples: "She'd been wearing heels, and fell backward off her right heel and twisted or broke her ankle."; "Opting to improve her odds of making it up the stairs and into the privacy of her room, she kicked off her left heel, and then her right before leaning down to scoop them up."; "Flat shoes. As she pushed off her left heel and pressed the sole of her foot to the cold floor she looked forward to them."plural-normally

3. (firearms) The back, upper part of the stock.

4. (music) The thickening of the neck of a stringed instrument where it attaches to the body.

5. (US, Ireland, Scotland, Australia) A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.Examples: "the heel of the white loaf"; "Boiled mutton was in one, and the heel of a damper in another."; "`Have ye seen,' said Uncle Jobson with basilisk severity, `what's become of the heel of to-day's loaf?'"AustraliaIrelandScotlandUS

6. (US) The base of a bun sliced in half lengthwise.Examples: "The bottom half, or the bun heel is placed in the carton, and the pickle slices spread evenly over the meat or cheese."Synonyms: boot, buttUS

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, etc.Examples: "I cannot sing, Nor heel the high lavolt."transitive

2. (transitive) To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting.transitive

3. (golf, transitive) To hit (the ball) with the heel of the club.transitive

4. (American football, transitive) To make (a fair catch) standing with one foot forward, the heel on the ground and the toe up.transitive

5. (US, intransitive) At Yale University, to work as a heeler or student journalist.USintransitive

verb (English)

1. (chiefly nautical) To incline to one side; to tilt.Examples: "The faster a ship sails, the better she will answer her helm; if she sail very slow, she will scarce steer at all. If she heel much, she won't answer the helm so well."

noun (English)

1. (nautical) The act of inclining or canting from a vertical position; a cant.Examples: "[T]he boat, from a sudden gust of wind, taking a deep heel, I tumbled overboard and down I went […] ."Synonyms: heeling

verb (English)

1. (rare, now especially in the phrase "heel in") Alternative form of hele (“cover; conceal”).Examples: "They should be dug up with a sharp mattock or grub hoe, the roots being broken as little as possible, and they should be heeled in a cool place and protected from the sun until ready to plant. When lifted for planting from the trench in which heeled the roots should be kept covered with a wet sack."; "In the late fall the seedlings may be dug and heeled in very closely until all the leaves have dropped."; "Member: Did you water the trees when you set them out? Walter Vonnegut: No; I heeled the trees in as soon as they were received."alt-ofalternativeespeciallyrare

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "heel"?

Scrabble
7 points
H4
E1
E1
L1
Words With Friends
7 points
H3
E1
E1
L2

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