BLOODGUILT is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. BLOODGUILT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BLOODGUILT?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BLOODGUILT is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BLOODGUILT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BLOODGUILT scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in BLOODGUILT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BLOODGUILT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BLOODGUILT mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
The moral or legal responsibility of a person who has killed another.
Bloodguilt carries a heavy, almost religious weight, as if the stain of a killing cannot easily be washed away. Writers use it for murderers haunted by what they did and for communities held answerable for a death.
How BLOODGUILT is used
Bloodguilt is a serious, somewhat old-fashioned word found in literature, scripture and historical writing.
- He carried his bloodguilt to the grave.
- The tribe sought to clear itself of bloodguilt through ritual.
- Bloodguilt drove the king to madness in the play.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BLOODGUILT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BLOODGUILT
5 longer words begin with BLOODGUILT.
Shorter words from the letters in BLOODGUILT
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Common questions about BLOODGUILT
- Is BLOODGUILT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BLOODGUILT, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BLOODGUILT worth?
- BLOODGUILT is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BLOODGUILT mean?
- The moral or legal responsibility of a person who has killed another.
- What letters can be added to BLOODGUILT?
- BLOODGUILT takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of BLOODGUILT:
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