ALONGSHORE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. ALONGSHORE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALONGSHORE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALONGSHORE is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALONGSHORE
No single letter turns ALONGSHORE into another word.
How ALONGSHORE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ALONGSHORE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ALONGSHORE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ALONGSHORE mean in Scrabble?
adverb
nauticalrare
Along or beside the shore or coast.
Alongshore is a sailors' and coastal word for movement parallel to the beach. Scientists speak of currents that flow alongshore and carry sand with them.
How ALONGSHORE is used
Alongshore is used in nautical, geographic and coastal-science writing.
- The current moves sand alongshore.
- We sailed alongshore until dusk.
- Fishermen drifted alongshore in small boats.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALONGSHORE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ALONGSHORE
2 longer words begin with ALONGSHORE.
Shorter words from the letters in ALONGSHORE
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Common questions about ALONGSHORE
- Is ALONGSHORE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALONGSHORE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALONGSHORE worth?
- ALONGSHORE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALONGSHORE mean?
- Along or beside the shore or coast.
- What letters can be added to ALONGSHORE?
- No single letter can be added to ALONGSHORE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ALONGSHORE:
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