ERROR is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. ERROR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ERROR?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ERROR is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ERROR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ERROR scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ERROR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 3 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 39,212.
What does ERROR mean in Scrabble?
noun
A mistake, especially one that departs from what is correct, accurate or expected.
An error can be as small as a misspelled word or as serious as a miscalculation that changes the outcome of a bridge design. The word covers slips made by people, such as a typing error, as well as failures inside machines and software, such as an error message on a screen. In statistics and science, error also has a precise technical sense describing the natural difference between a measured value and the true one. Because the word is neutral, saying someone made an error usually sounds gentler than saying they were careless or wrong.
How ERROR is used
Common in everyday speech, technical writing and computing, ranging from casual mistakes to precise statistical measurements.
- A small error in the spreadsheet threw off the entire budget.
- The programmer spent an hour tracking down a single error in the code.
- Every measurement carries a margin of error that scientists must report.
- She apologised for the error and corrected the invoice at once.
- An error message flashed on the screen just before the program closed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ERROR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ERROR
4 longer words begin with ERROR.
Words ending in ERROR
3 words end in ERROR. Useful as a back hook: play ERROR onto a word already on the board.
Words with ERROR inside
Showing 24 of 49 words that contain ERROR somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ERROR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ERROR
Common questions about ERROR
- Is ERROR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ERROR, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ERROR worth?
- ERROR is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ERROR mean?
- A mistake, especially one that departs from what is correct, accurate or expected.
- What letters can be added to ERROR?
- ERROR takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ERROR:
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