HEARTSORE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. HEARTSORE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HEARTSORE?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HEARTSORE is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HEARTSORE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
heartsoresChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HEARTSORE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in HEARTSORE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HEARTSORE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HEARTSORE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literaryarchaic
Deeply sad and troubled, as if the heart itself were wounded.
Heartsore belongs to an older, more poetic way of speaking, and it fits long grief or disappointment better than a passing mood. It can still be found in novels and old songs.
How HEARTSORE is used
The adjective heartsore is rare today and mostly appears in literary or old-fashioned writing.
- The heartsore widow walked slowly home from the church.
- He felt heartsore at leaving the village of his childhood.
- A heartsore letter arrived from the front.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HEARTSORE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HEARTSORE
1 longer words begin with HEARTSORE.
Shorter words from the letters in HEARTSORE
Showing 40 of 465. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about HEARTSORE
- Is HEARTSORE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HEARTSORE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HEARTSORE worth?
- HEARTSORE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HEARTSORE mean?
- Deeply sad and troubled, as if the heart itself were wounded.
- What letters can be added to HEARTSORE?
- HEARTSORE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of HEARTSORE:
Open HEARTSORE in the Word Finder