ALPENSTOCK is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. ALPENSTOCK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALPENSTOCK?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALPENSTOCK is to know. It scores 18 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALPENSTOCK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
alpenstocksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALPENSTOCK scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ALPENSTOCK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ALPENSTOCK has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ALPENSTOCK
- All 10 letters of ALPENSTOCK are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ALPENSTOCK mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A long wooden walking staff with an iron point, used for climbing in the mountains.
The alpenstock was the standard companion of nineteenth-century Alpine tourists, who often had names of peaks burned into the wood. Modern climbers have replaced it with ice axes and trekking poles.
How ALPENSTOCK is used
Mostly found in historical and travel writing about mountaineering.
- He leaned on his alpenstock and gazed at the glacier.
- The museum keeps an alpenstock carved with mountain names.
- An alpenstock helped the guide test the snow.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALPENSTOCK and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ALPENSTOCK
1 longer words begin with ALPENSTOCK.
Shorter words from the letters in ALPENSTOCK
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Common questions about ALPENSTOCK
- Is ALPENSTOCK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALPENSTOCK, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALPENSTOCK worth?
- ALPENSTOCK is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALPENSTOCK mean?
- A long wooden walking staff with an iron point, used for climbing in the mountains.
- What letters can be added to ALPENSTOCK?
- ALPENSTOCK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ALPENSTOCK:
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