BATWING is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. BATWING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BATWING?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BATWING is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BATWING
No single letter turns BATWING into another word.
How BATWING scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BATWING, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 457,463.
What does BATWING mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Shaped like the wing of a bat, as a sleeve with a deep armhole and a tight cuff.
Tailors use batwing for sleeves cut very wide at the shoulder and narrowing toward the wrist, so the arm looks like a folded wing. The word is also used for a type of gas burner whose flame spreads flat. As a noun it can name one of the swinging doors of an old western saloon.
How BATWING is used
Used in fashion and in older technical writing, where batwing describes a spreading, winglike shape.
- She wore a loose batwing sleeve top to the party.
- The batwing doors of the saloon swung shut behind him.
- An old batwing burner lit the corridor.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BATWING and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BATWING
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Common questions about BATWING
- Is BATWING valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BATWING, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BATWING worth?
- BATWING is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BATWING mean?
- Shaped like the wing of a bat, as a sleeve with a deep armhole and a tight cuff.
- What letters can be added to BATWING?
- No single letter can be added to BATWING to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BATWING:
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