ARGUMENT is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ARGUMENT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ARGUMENT?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARGUMENT is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARGUMENT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ARGUMENT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ARGUMENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ARGUMENT has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ARGUMENT
- All 8 letters of ARGUMENT are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ARGUMENT mean in Scrabble?
noun
An exchange of opposing views, often heated, or a set of reasons given in support of an idea.
In everyday talk an argument is a quarrel, while in logic and essays it is a chain of reasons leading to a conclusion. Programmers and mathematicians use the same word for a value passed into a function.
How ARGUMENT is used
Common in daily life, debate, logic and mathematics, with different shades of meaning in each.
- They had a loud argument about the bill.
- Her argument for longer school holidays was well researched.
- The function takes a single argument.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARGUMENT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ARGUMENT
The 8 tiles of ARGUMENT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ARGUMENT
9 longer words begin with ARGUMENT.
Shorter words from the letters in ARGUMENT
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Common questions about ARGUMENT
- Is ARGUMENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ARGUMENT, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ARGUMENT worth?
- ARGUMENT is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARGUMENT mean?
- An exchange of opposing views, often heated, or a set of reasons given in support of an idea.
- What letters can be added to ARGUMENT?
- ARGUMENT takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ARGUMENT:
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