WILLOW is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. WILLOW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WILLOW?
| 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 WILLOW is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WILLOW
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WILLOW scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in WILLOW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,759 thousand.
What stands out about WILLOW
- WILLOW begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does WILLOW mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A tree or shrub of the genus Salix that grows near water and has slender flexible branches and narrow leaves.
Willows are among the best known trees of riverbanks and wet meadows, and their bending shoots have long been woven into baskets and fences. The wood of one kind is used to make cricket bats, and the bark was an old source of the pain-relieving substance that led to aspirin. In songs and poems the willow stands for grief, which is why a drooping tree is called a weeping willow. The word also names a machine that opens and cleans raw cotton or wool.
How WILLOW is used
Common in gardening, nature writing and verse; the textile machine sense is technical.
- A willow leaned over the slow river.
- The basket maker cut fresh willow shoots in winter.
- We sat in the shade of an old willow.
- The cricket bat was made from white willow.
- A weeping willow stood by the garden gate.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WILLOW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WILLOW
14 longer words begin with WILLOW.
Shorter words from the letters in WILLOW
Common questions about WILLOW
- Is WILLOW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WILLOW, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WILLOW worth?
- WILLOW is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WILLOW mean?
- A tree or shrub of the genus Salix that grows near water and has slender flexible branches and narrow leaves.
- What letters can be added to WILLOW?
- WILLOW takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of WILLOW:
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