What OIL Means
- noun: a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
- noun: oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist
- verb: cover with oil, as if by rubbing“oil the wooden surface”
- verb: administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
OIL is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 3 in Scrabble and 3 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as O1 I1 L1.
Words Made From The Letters In OIL
4 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.
2 letter words (4)
Longer Words Containing OIL
OIL appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
ABOILACCOILACCOILSAEROFOILAEROFOILSAIRFOILAIRFOILSASSOILASSOILEDASSOILINGASSOILMENTASSOILSASSOILZIEASSOILZIEDASSOILZIESBEMOILBEMOILEDBEMOILINGBEMOILSBETOILBETOILEDBETOILINGBETOILSBOILBOILABLEBOILEDBOILERBOILERIESBOILERSBOILERSUITBOILERYBOILINGBOILINGLYBOILINGSBOILOFFBOILOFFSBOILOVERBOILOVERSBOILSBROIL
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