GOODWIFE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. GOODWIFE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GOODWIFE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GOODWIFE is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GOODWIFE
No single letter turns GOODWIFE into another word.
How GOODWIFE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in GOODWIFE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GOODWIFE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GOODWIFE mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
The woman who ran a household, once a polite title for a married woman of modest rank.
In older English and Scots, a goodwife was addressed with respect but was not a lady; her husband was the goodman. Historical novels and plays about village life use the word to set the period.
How GOODWIFE is used
Goodwife is found mainly in historical writing and in dialogue meant to sound old-fashioned.
- The goodwife swept the hearth before her guests arrived.
- Goodwife Brown knew every family in the village.
- He asked the goodwife for a cup of milk.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GOODWIFE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in GOODWIFE
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Common questions about GOODWIFE
- Is GOODWIFE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GOODWIFE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GOODWIFE worth?
- GOODWIFE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GOODWIFE mean?
- The woman who ran a household, once a polite title for a married woman of modest rank.
- What letters can be added to GOODWIFE?
- No single letter can be added to GOODWIFE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of GOODWIFE:
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