AWEIGH is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. AWEIGH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AWEIGH?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AWEIGH is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AWEIGH
No single letter turns AWEIGH into another word.
How AWEIGH scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in AWEIGH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 102,199.
What does AWEIGH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
nautical
Describing an anchor that has just been lifted free of the seabed but is still hanging in the water.
Aweigh is a sailor's word, and it is almost never used outside one famous phrase. When a crew hauls in the cable, the anchor is said to be aweigh at the moment it breaks out of the mud, which tells the helmsman that the ship is no longer held in place and can begin to move. The term belongs to the older vocabulary of sail, and it survives mostly because a well-known naval song has kept it in circulation.
How AWEIGH is used
Used almost only in the nautical phrase anchors aweigh and in writing about the sea.
- The mate called out that the anchor was aweigh and the ship began to drift.
- Once the anchor is aweigh, the crew must set the sails quickly.
- The captain waited until the anchor was fully aweigh before giving the order.
- A cheer went up on deck the instant the anchor came aweigh.
- With the anchor aweigh, the little boat swung slowly toward the open channel.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AWEIGH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in AWEIGH
Common questions about AWEIGH
- Is AWEIGH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AWEIGH, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AWEIGH worth?
- AWEIGH is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AWEIGH mean?
- Describing an anchor that has just been lifted free of the seabed but is still hanging in the water.
- What letters can be added to AWEIGH?
- No single letter can be added to AWEIGH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of AWEIGH:
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