SPRUCE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SPRUCE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPRUCE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPRUCE is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPRUCE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPRUCE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SPRUCE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 258,692.
What does SPRUCE mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
An evergreen tree with needle-like leaves and hanging cones, or its pale soft wood.
The spruce is a cone-shaped conifer of cold northern forests, easy to tell from pines because its needles grow singly and its cones hang downward. Its light, straight-grained wood is prized for building and for the soundboards of violins and guitars, and many families choose a young spruce as their Christmas tree. The same word also works as an adjective for neat and smart, and as a verb in the phrase to spruce up.
How SPRUCE is used
The tree sense is the oldest; the word also means neat, and to spruce up means to tidy.
- A tall spruce stood beside the cabin.
- The luthier picked spruce for the top of the guitar.
- Snow bent the branches of every spruce in the valley.
- We bought a small spruce for the holiday.
- Paper mills in the region depend on spruce.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPRUCE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SPRUCE
7 longer words begin with SPRUCE.
Shorter words from the letters in SPRUCE
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Common questions about SPRUCE
- Is SPRUCE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPRUCE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPRUCE worth?
- SPRUCE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPRUCE mean?
- An evergreen tree with needle-like leaves and hanging cones, or its pale soft wood.
- What letters can be added to SPRUCE?
- SPRUCE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SPRUCE:
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