COUNTDOWN is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. COUNTDOWN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COUNTDOWN?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COUNTDOWN is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COUNTDOWN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
countdownsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COUNTDOWN scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in COUNTDOWN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COUNTDOWN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does COUNTDOWN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A counting of numbers backwards to zero, especially before a launch or other planned event.
The countdown is best known from rocket launches, but it also marks New Year and the start of races. It can stretch into days when engineers use it to track a checklist. Figuratively, the countdown is the whole period of waiting before something big.
How COUNTDOWN is used
Used both literally for a numbered count and figuratively for the wait before an event.
- The crowd joined the countdown to midnight.
- Mission control began the final countdown at ten.
- A digital countdown on the wall showed three days to the wedding.
- The countdown was halted when a fuel valve failed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COUNTDOWN and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COUNTDOWN
1 longer words begin with COUNTDOWN.
Shorter words from the letters in COUNTDOWN
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Common questions about COUNTDOWN
- Is COUNTDOWN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COUNTDOWN, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COUNTDOWN worth?
- COUNTDOWN is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COUNTDOWN mean?
- A counting of numbers backwards to zero, especially before a launch or other planned event.
- What letters can be added to COUNTDOWN?
- COUNTDOWN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of COUNTDOWN:
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