GLASSWORT is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. GLASSWORT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GLASSWORT?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GLASSWORT is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GLASSWORT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
glasswortsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GLASSWORT scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in GLASSWORT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GLASSWORT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GLASSWORT mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A fleshy, jointed salt-marsh plant whose ashes were once burned to produce soda for making glass.
Glasswort grows on muddy shores and has stems that look like small green segments, so it is sometimes eaten as a coastal vegetable. Its old use in glassmaking gave the plant its name.
How GLASSWORT is used
Glasswort is a botanical and foraging term for a plant of coastal marshes.
- Glasswort covered the salty mud flats.
- They gathered fresh glasswort to serve with fish.
- Burnt glasswort once supplied the soda for glassmakers.
- The glasswort turns red in autumn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GLASSWORT and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GLASSWORT
1 longer words begin with GLASSWORT.
Shorter words from the letters in GLASSWORT
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Common questions about GLASSWORT
- Is GLASSWORT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GLASSWORT, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GLASSWORT worth?
- GLASSWORT is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GLASSWORT mean?
- A fleshy, jointed salt-marsh plant whose ashes were once burned to produce soda for making glass.
- What letters can be added to GLASSWORT?
- GLASSWORT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of GLASSWORT:
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