HAIRWORM is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. HAIRWORM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HAIRWORM?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HAIRWORM is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HAIRWORM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hairwormsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HAIRWORM scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HAIRWORM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HAIRWORM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HAIRWORM mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A very long, thin parasitic worm that lives in insects when young and in water when adult.
People notice a hairworm when it wriggles out of a dead cricket or beetle into a puddle. It can make its host jump into water, which is where the worm needs to go to breed.
How HAIRWORM is used
Hairworm is used in biology and in popular nature writing.
- A hairworm slid out of the drowned cricket.
- The hairworm looked like a thread in the pond.
- Biologists study how a hairworm controls its host.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HAIRWORM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HAIRWORM
1 longer words begin with HAIRWORM.
Shorter words from the letters in HAIRWORM
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Common questions about HAIRWORM
- Is HAIRWORM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HAIRWORM, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HAIRWORM worth?
- HAIRWORM is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HAIRWORM mean?
- A very long, thin parasitic worm that lives in insects when young and in water when adult.
- What letters can be added to HAIRWORM?
- HAIRWORM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HAIRWORM:
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