AIRWAY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. AIRWAY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AIRWAY?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AIRWAY is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AIRWAY
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AIRWAY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in AIRWAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 153,299.
What does AIRWAY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A passage through which air travels, such as the windpipe in the body, a mine ventilation shaft, or a regular route followed by aircraft.
Doctors use airway for the path from the mouth and nose to the lungs, and first-aid courses teach how to keep it clear. In mining, an airway is a tunnel that carries fresh air through the workings. Aviators use the same word for a designated corridor in the sky, and in older usage an airline or air service was sometimes called an airway.
How AIRWAY is used
Medical, mining and aviation contexts; the plural airways can also name an airline.
- The paramedic checked that the patient's airway was clear.
- An airway cut through the rock to ventilate the mine.
- Pilots must follow the assigned airway across the mountains.
- Swelling narrowed her airway and made breathing hard.
- The nurse tilted his head back to open the airway.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AIRWAY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AIRWAY
1 longer words begin with AIRWAY.
Shorter words from the letters in AIRWAY
Common questions about AIRWAY
- Is AIRWAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AIRWAY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AIRWAY worth?
- AIRWAY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AIRWAY mean?
- A passage through which air travels, such as the windpipe in the body, a mine ventilation shaft, or a regular route followed by aircraft.
- What letters can be added to AIRWAY?
- AIRWAY takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of AIRWAY:
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