THREAD is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. THREAD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept THREAD?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful THREAD is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THREAD
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How THREAD scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in THREAD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What stands out about THREAD
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 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 THREAD mean in Scrabble?
noun
A thin strand of spun fibre used for sewing or weaving, or any long fine line that runs through something.
Tailors pull thread through cloth to join it, and weavers cross threads to make fabric. The raised spiral on a screw is named a thread too, and online, a thread is a chain of messages about one subject. Writers use the word for the line of an argument or story that holds the parts together, as when someone loses the thread of a talk.
How THREAD is used
Common in many fixed phrases such as hanging by a thread and lose the thread.
- She bit off the thread and held up the finished seam.
- The screw would not grip because its thread was worn smooth.
- A long thread of silver ran through the rock.
- The thread on the forum ran to four hundred replies.
- He lost the thread of the story halfway through the lecture.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THREAD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of THREAD
The 6 tiles of THREAD in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with THREAD
24 longer words begin with THREAD.
Shorter words from the letters in THREAD
Showing 40 of 102. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about THREAD
- Is THREAD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts THREAD, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is THREAD worth?
- THREAD is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THREAD mean?
- A thin strand of spun fibre used for sewing or weaving, or any long fine line that runs through something.
- What letters can be added to THREAD?
- THREAD takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of THREAD:
Open THREAD in the Word Finder