COUNTERTRADE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. COUNTERTRADE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COUNTERTRADE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COUNTERTRADE is to know. It scores 15 from 12 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COUNTERTRADE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COUNTERTRADE scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in COUNTERTRADE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COUNTERTRADE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does COUNTERTRADE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
International trade in which goods are paid for with other goods instead of money.
Countertrade arises when a buyer has little hard currency, so the seller accepts products in return. Aircraft makers have used countertrade to win orders from poorer states.
How COUNTERTRADE is used
Countertrade is a term from trade economics and export deals.
- The country paid for the jets through countertrade, sending coffee in return.
- Countertrade deals can be hard to value.
- Firms lacking foreign currency often turn to countertrade.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COUNTERTRADE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COUNTERTRADE
2 longer words begin with COUNTERTRADE.
Shorter words from the letters in COUNTERTRADE
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Common questions about COUNTERTRADE
- Is COUNTERTRADE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COUNTERTRADE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COUNTERTRADE worth?
- COUNTERTRADE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COUNTERTRADE mean?
- International trade in which goods are paid for with other goods instead of money.
- What letters can be added to COUNTERTRADE?
- COUNTERTRADE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of COUNTERTRADE:
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