BLOWHOLE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. BLOWHOLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BLOWHOLE?
| 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 BLOWHOLE is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BLOWHOLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
blowholesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BLOWHOLE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BLOWHOLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BLOWHOLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BLOWHOLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
The nostril on top of the head of a whale or dolphin, through which it breathes.
A whale surfaces and exhales through its blowhole in a spout of spray. The word is also used for a hole in sea ice used by seals, a vent in a tunnel, or a seaside cavern where waves shoot up through the rock.
How BLOWHOLE is used
Used in zoology, geography and engineering.
- The dolphin rose and breathed through its blowhole.
- Waves forced a jet of water out of the blowhole in the cliff.
- Engineers added a blowhole to ventilate the tunnel.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BLOWHOLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BLOWHOLE
1 longer words begin with BLOWHOLE.
Shorter words from the letters in BLOWHOLE
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Common questions about BLOWHOLE
- Is BLOWHOLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BLOWHOLE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BLOWHOLE worth?
- BLOWHOLE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BLOWHOLE mean?
- The nostril on top of the head of a whale or dolphin, through which it breathes.
- What letters can be added to BLOWHOLE?
- BLOWHOLE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BLOWHOLE:
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