BEARWOOD is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. BEARWOOD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BEARWOOD?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BEARWOOD is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BEARWOOD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bearwoodsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BEARWOOD scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BEARWOOD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BEARWOOD has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BEARWOOD mean in Scrabble?
noun
botanyNorth American
A small buckthorn tree of the Pacific coast whose bark yields the drug cascara sagrada.
The bark of bearwood has long been dried and aged for use as a laxative. It is a shrubby tree native to the western coast of North America.
How BEARWOOD is used
Used in botany and herbal medicine writing about bearwood.
- Bearwood bark was collected in the damp northern forests.
- A stand of bearwood grew along the creek.
- Herbalists once prized bearwood for its medicinal bark.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BEARWOOD and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BEARWOOD
1 longer words begin with BEARWOOD.
Shorter words from the letters in BEARWOOD
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Common questions about BEARWOOD
- Is BEARWOOD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BEARWOOD, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BEARWOOD worth?
- BEARWOOD is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BEARWOOD mean?
- A small buckthorn tree of the Pacific coast whose bark yields the drug cascara sagrada.
- What letters can be added to BEARWOOD?
- BEARWOOD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BEARWOOD:
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