BOTH is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. BOTH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOTH?
| 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 BOTH is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOTH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
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How BOTH scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BOTH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 20,423.
What does BOTH mean in Scrabble?
other
The two together; each of two.
Both came from Old Norse and replaced a native construction, and it is one of very few words that can stand in front of the and a noun. That grammar is a leftover from the older form.
How BOTH is used
Before a noun, a pronoun or the.
- Both the answers were wrong for different reasons.
- The word both can stand before the, which is rare.
- Both of them arrived late and blamed the traffic.
- Old Norse gave English both.
- The grammar of both is a leftover from an older form.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOTH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BOTH
19 longer words begin with BOTH.
Words ending in BOTH
1 words end in BOTH. Useful as a back hook: play BOTH onto a word already on the board.
Words with BOTH inside
5 words contain BOTH in the middle. Words that start with BOTH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BOTH
Common questions about BOTH
- Is BOTH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOTH, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOTH worth?
- BOTH is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOTH mean?
- The two together; each of two.
- What letters can be added to BOTH?
- BOTH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BOTH:
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