SOURCE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SOURCE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SOURCE?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SOURCE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SOURCE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SOURCE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SOURCE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 64,673.
What stands out about SOURCE
- The same 6 tiles also spell 4 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SOURCE mean in Scrabble?
noun
The place, person or thing that something comes from or can be obtained from.
A source can be physical, like the spring where a river begins, or abstract, like the reason behind a problem. Journalists speak of a source when they mean the person who gave them information, and writers cite sources to show where a fact was found. As a verb, to source something is to find a supplier for it, as when a shop sources its coffee from a single farm.
How SOURCE is used
Very common; the verb use is frequent in business and trade.
- The source of the Thames is a quiet field in Gloucestershire.
- Doctors are still looking for the source of the infection.
- The reporter refused to name her source.
- Check every source before you quote it in your essay.
- Fresh fruit is a good source of vitamin C.
- The bakery sources its flour from a mill down the road.
- A leaking pipe turned out to be the source of the damp.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SOURCE and 7 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SOURCE
The 6 tiles of SOURCE in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with SOURCE
6 longer words begin with SOURCE.
Shorter words from the letters in SOURCE
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Common questions about SOURCE
- Is SOURCE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SOURCE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SOURCE worth?
- SOURCE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SOURCE mean?
- The place, person or thing that something comes from or can be obtained from.
- What letters can be added to SOURCE?
- SOURCE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SOURCE:
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