LENGTH is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. LENGTH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LENGTH?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LENGTH is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LENGTH
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LENGTH scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in LENGTH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What stands out about LENGTH
- LENGTH gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does LENGTH mean in Scrabble?
noun
The measurement of something from one end to the other, or the quality of being long.
Length is the longest dimension of an object, such as the length of a table, a road or a rope. The word also covers time, so a film can have a length of two hours, and a piece of cloth sold by the length is cut from a roll. In swimming, racing and sport it counts a single pass of a pool or the winning margin of a horse or boat.
How LENGTH is used
Very common in everyday speech; it also appears in set phrases such as at length and the length and breadth of.
- The length of the garden is twice its width.
- She swam ten lengths of the pool before breakfast.
- The speech went on for such a length that people began to leave.
- We bought a length of rope long enough to reach the water.
- The horse won by a length.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LENGTH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LENGTH
20 longer words begin with LENGTH.
Shorter words from the letters in LENGTH
Common questions about LENGTH
- Is LENGTH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LENGTH, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LENGTH worth?
- LENGTH is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LENGTH mean?
- The measurement of something from one end to the other, or the quality of being long.
- What letters can be added to LENGTH?
- LENGTH takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of LENGTH:
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