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/sɔl/
noun

Is SOL a Scrabble word?

Yes. SOL is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words With Friends.

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Meaning In a movable-do or tonic sol-fa system: the fifth step in a scale, preceded by fa and followed by la.

Noun 4 meanings

  1. In a movable-do or tonic sol-fa system: the fifth step in a scale, preceded by fa and followed by la.

  2. In a fixed-do system: the musical note G.

  3. In full nuevo sol or new sol: the main currency unit of Peru which replaced the inti in 1991; also, a coin of this value.

  4. A solar day on the planet Mars (equivalent to 24 hours, 39 minutes, 35 seconds).

Definitions adapted from Wiktionary: sol via Kaikki/Wiktextract, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Glover's solmization, from Middle English sol (“fifth degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian sol in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin solve (“wash away”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.

SOL at a glance

SOL has 3 letters and scores 3 points in Scrabble (S 1 + O 1 + L 1) and 4 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #11,290 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

Words ending in -SOL

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Same last three letters as SOL. This is a spelling match, so not every word here rhymes.

  • AEROSOL7
  • CORTISOL10
  • PARASOL9
  • CYTOSOL12
  • LYSOL8
  • CONSOL8
  • PLASTISOL11
  • CRESOL8
  • HYDROSOL15
  • PALEOSOL10
  • GIRASOL8
  • ENTRESOL8

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