ONWARD is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. ONWARD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ONWARD?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ONWARD is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ONWARD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
onwardsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ONWARD scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ONWARD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What does ONWARD mean in Scrabble?
adverb
Moving ahead in space, time or progress, away from a starting point.
Onward points to continued movement in the direction one is already facing, and it often carries a note of encouragement, as in the old hymn Onward, Christian Soldiers. In time, onward marks a starting date that stays in force indefinitely, such as from Monday onward. As an adjective it describes a forward journey, for example an onward flight booked from a transit airport.
How ONWARD is used
The form onwards is equally common in British English; onward is also an adjective before a noun.
- The travellers pressed onward through the snow.
- From the age of ten onward she studied the violin.
- We booked an onward ticket to the coast.
- The path leads onward past the old mill.
- He looked neither back nor onward, but only at the ground.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ONWARD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ONWARD
2 longer words begin with ONWARD.
Shorter words from the letters in ONWARD
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Common questions about ONWARD
- Is ONWARD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ONWARD, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ONWARD worth?
- ONWARD is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ONWARD mean?
- Moving ahead in space, time or progress, away from a starting point.
- What letters can be added to ONWARD?
- ONWARD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ONWARD:
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