COUNTRYWIDE is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. COUNTRYWIDE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COUNTRYWIDE?
| 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 COUNTRYWIDE is to know. It scores 20 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COUNTRYWIDE
No single letter turns COUNTRYWIDE into another word.
How COUNTRYWIDE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in COUNTRYWIDE, 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 | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COUNTRYWIDE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about COUNTRYWIDE
- All 11 letters of COUNTRYWIDE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does COUNTRYWIDE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Extending across or happening throughout an entire country.
News reports like countrywide as a tidy alternative to nationwide, and the two are interchangeable in nearly every sentence. It is used for strikes, campaigns, recalls, outages and any event that is not confined to one region.
How COUNTRYWIDE is used
Common in news and business writing, usually before a noun such as campaign, ban or search.
- A countrywide search began for the missing child.
- The company announced a countrywide recall of the product.
- Heavy snow caused countrywide delays on the railways.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COUNTRYWIDE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in COUNTRYWIDE
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Common questions about COUNTRYWIDE
- Is COUNTRYWIDE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COUNTRYWIDE, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COUNTRYWIDE worth?
- COUNTRYWIDE is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COUNTRYWIDE mean?
- Extending across or happening throughout an entire country.
- What letters can be added to COUNTRYWIDE?
- No single letter can be added to COUNTRYWIDE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of COUNTRYWIDE:
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