4-Letter Words With OIL
- 10 words
- All English dictionaries
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Popular 4-Letter Words With OIL
The most familiar words on this list, with their Scrabble scores.
All 4-Letter Words With OIL 10 words
How often does OIL appear in four-letter words?
Our combined English word list has 10 four-letter words containing OIL. They average 5.2 points, the best is FOIL (7 points) and 80% end in L.
- Total words
- 10
- Average Scrabble score
- 5.2
- out of 7 max
- Everyday words
- 70%
- common in ordinary English
- Most common ending
- L
- 80% of words
Most common last letters
- l 80%
- s 10%
- y 10%
Top vowel pairs
- oi100%
Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.
Highest-scoring four-letter word containing OIL
f 4o 1i 1l 1
F 4 + O 1 + I 1 + L 1 = 7 points
- Double word
- 14 pts
- Triple word
- 21 pts
Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).
foil
- nouna piece of thin and flexible sheet metal“the photographic film was wrapped in foil”
- nounanything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities“pretty girls like plain friends as foils”
- nouna device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through“the fins of a fish act as hydrofoils”
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How many four-letter words containing OIL are there?
There are 10 four-letter words containing OIL in our combined English word list. Other dictionaries give different totals, so switch dictionary at the top of the list to compare.
What is the highest-scoring four-letter word containing OIL?
FOIL is worth 7 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are OILY (7), BOIL (6), COIL (6).
What are some common four-letter words containing OIL?
Everyday examples include SOIL, BOIL, FOIL, TOIL, OILY, COIL, ROIL, OILS. Sort the list by "Most common" to see the familiar words first.