AROUND is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. AROUND is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AROUND?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AROUND is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AROUND
No single letter turns AROUND into another word.
How AROUND scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in AROUND, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 28,744.
What does AROUND mean in Scrabble?
preposition
On every side of someone or something, encircling it, or roughly close to a given number, distance or time.
Around most often marks a position or movement that surrounds something, as when chairs stand around a table or a road bends around a hill. The same word also works loosely to soften an exact figure, so that a price, a distance or a time of day becomes only around that amount rather than a precise one. British English often swaps around for round in many of these senses, while American English relies on around alone. This flexibility across space, quantity and time makes around one of the most frequently used words in ordinary English.
How AROUND is used
Extremely common word in everyday speech and writing, used both literally for surrounding position and loosely for approximate amounts.
- Chairs were arranged around the fire pit.
- The tour lasted around two hours.
- She wrapped a scarf around her neck.
- He has lived around here his whole life.
- The bill came to around forty dollars.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AROUND and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in AROUND
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Common questions about AROUND
- Is AROUND valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AROUND, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AROUND worth?
- AROUND is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AROUND mean?
- On every side of someone or something, encircling it, or roughly close to a given number, distance or time.
- What letters can be added to AROUND?
- No single letter can be added to AROUND to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of AROUND:
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