EARTH is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. EARTH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EARTH?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EARTH is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EARTH
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EARTH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in EARTH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,682.
What stands out about EARTH
- The same 5 tiles also spell 4 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does EARTH mean in Scrabble?
noun
The loose material that makes up the ground, or, written with a capital letter, the planet on which we live.
In its everyday, lowercase sense earth means simply soil or dirt, the substance a gardener digs and a mole burrows through. The same word, usually capitalised as Earth, also names the third planet from the sun, the one place known to support life, and this astronomical sense is used constantly in science and everyday talk about the world. In British electrical usage earth further names the wire or connection that carries current safely into the ground.
How EARTH is used
Extremely common; capitalised when it names the planet, lowercase for soil, ground or the general physical world.
- The gardener turned the earth before planting the seeds.
- Astronauts photographed the earth rising above the horizon of the moon.
- Nothing on earth could change her mind.
- The fox dug a burrow deep into the soft earth.
- The electrician connected the wire to the earth terminal.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EARTH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of EARTH
The 5 tiles of EARTH in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with EARTH
Showing 24 of 69 words that begin with EARTH.
Words ending in EARTH
6 words end in EARTH. Useful as a back hook: play EARTH onto a word already on the board.
Words with EARTH inside
22 words contain EARTH in the middle. Words that start with EARTH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in EARTH
Showing 40 of 52. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about EARTH
- Is EARTH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EARTH, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EARTH worth?
- EARTH is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EARTH mean?
- The loose material that makes up the ground, or, written with a capital letter, the planet on which we live.
- What letters can be added to EARTH?
- EARTH takes 4 hooks: 2 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of EARTH:
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