WINNOW is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. WINNOW 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 WINNOW?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WINNOW is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WINNOW
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
winnowsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WINNOW scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in WINNOW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,104 thousand.
What stands out about WINNOW
- WINNOW 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 WINNOW mean in Scrabble?
verb
To blow or toss threshed grain in the air so that the light husks are carried away.
Farmers winnowed by letting a breeze carry off the light husks while the heavier kernels dropped back down. The picture gave English its figurative sense, to sort a large group and keep only the best of it. A long list of applicants, or a pile of evidence, can be winnowed in this way.
How WINNOW is used
Used literally in farming and often figuratively, usually with down or out.
- They would winnow the wheat on a windy afternoon.
- The committee had to winnow forty applicants down to five.
- It took weeks to winnow the useful notes from the rest.
- Tests will winnow out the weaker designs.
- Villagers once used a flat basket to winnow their barley.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WINNOW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WINNOW
6 longer words begin with WINNOW.
Shorter words from the letters in WINNOW
Common questions about WINNOW
- Is WINNOW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WINNOW, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WINNOW worth?
- WINNOW is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WINNOW mean?
- To blow or toss threshed grain in the air so that the light husks are carried away.
- What letters can be added to WINNOW?
- WINNOW takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of WINNOW:
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