ENSWATHE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. ENSWATHE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ENSWATHE?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ENSWATHE is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ENSWATHE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ENSWATHE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ENSWATHE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ENSWATHE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ENSWATHE
- ENSWATHE begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ENSWATHE mean in Scrabble?
verb
literary
To wrap something closely in bandages, cloth or a thick covering.
To enswathe is to bind round and round, as one would swaddle a baby or bandage a wound. Writers also use it for mist or darkness that seems to wrap a landscape.
How ENSWATHE is used
Used in literary description of wrapping and enveloping.
- Nurses enswathe the wound in clean linen.
- Fog seemed to enswathe the entire harbour.
- She chose to enswathe the gift in silk.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ENSWATHE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ENSWATHE
The 8 tiles of ENSWATHE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ENSWATHE
4 longer words begin with ENSWATHE.
Shorter words from the letters in ENSWATHE
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Common questions about ENSWATHE
- Is ENSWATHE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ENSWATHE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ENSWATHE worth?
- ENSWATHE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ENSWATHE mean?
- To wrap something closely in bandages, cloth or a thick covering.
- What letters can be added to ENSWATHE?
- ENSWATHE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ENSWATHE:
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