FRESHWATER is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. FRESHWATER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FRESHWATER?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FRESHWATER is to know. It scores 19 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FRESHWATER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
freshwatersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FRESHWATER scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in FRESHWATER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FRESHWATER has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FRESHWATER mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Found in or relating to water that is not salty, such as rivers and lakes.
Trout and pike are freshwater fish, and a freshwater lake supplies drinking water to many towns. In older nautical talk, a freshwater sailor was one with no experience of the open sea.
How FRESHWATER is used
Standard in biology and geography; also written fresh water as a noun phrase.
- The freshwater pond was full of small frogs.
- Only a tiny share of the planet's water is freshwater.
- He was a freshwater sailor, used to quiet lakes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FRESHWATER and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FRESHWATER
1 longer words begin with FRESHWATER.
Shorter words from the letters in FRESHWATER
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Common questions about FRESHWATER
- Is FRESHWATER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FRESHWATER, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FRESHWATER worth?
- FRESHWATER is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FRESHWATER mean?
- Found in or relating to water that is not salty, such as rivers and lakes.
- What letters can be added to FRESHWATER?
- FRESHWATER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of FRESHWATER:
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