What IDLE Means
- adjective: not in action or at work“an idle laborer”
- adjective: without a basis in reason or fact“baseless gossip”
- verb: run disconnected or idle“the engine is idling”
- verb: be idle; exist in a changeless situation“The old man sat and stagnated on his porch”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
IDLE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 5 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as I1 D2 L1 E1.
Anagrams of IDLE (5)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In IDLE
15 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
3 letter words (9)
2 letter words (6)
Longer Words Containing IDLE
IDLE appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.