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What does tell mean? Is tell a Scrabble word?

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Scrabble® and Words with Friends® points for tell

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Is tell a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word tell is a Scrabble US word. The word tell is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

T1E1L1L1

Is tell a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word tell is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

T1E1L1L1

Is tell a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word tell is a Words With Friends word. The word tell is worth 6 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

T1E1L2L2

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Valid words made from Tell

You can make 8 words from 'tell' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.


4 letters words from 'tell'

TELL 4 

3 letters words from 'tell'

ELL 3ELT 3
LET 3TEL 3

2 letters words from 'tell'

EL 2ET 2
TE 2 

All 4 letters words made out of tell

tell etll tlel ltel eltl letl tell etll tlel ltel eltl letl tlle ltle tlle ltle llte llte ellt lelt ellt lelt llet llet

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word tell. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in tell.

Definitions and meaning of tell

tell

Noun

  • Tell, William Tell (a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an Austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap))

Verb

  • state, say, tell (express in words) "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"
  • tell (let something be known) "Tell them that you will be late"
  • tell, narrate, recount, recite (narrate or give a detailed account of) "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child"
  • order, tell, enjoin, say (give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority) "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"
  • tell (discern or comprehend) "He could tell that she was unhappy"
  • assure, tell (inform positively and with certainty and confidence) "I tell you that man is a crook!"
  • tell, evidence (give evidence) "he was telling on all his former colleague"
  • distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart (mark as different) "We distinguish several kinds of maple"

(Source: WordNet, Princeton University. 2010.)