HEARTWOOD is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. HEARTWOOD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HEARTWOOD?
| 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 HEARTWOOD is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HEARTWOOD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
heartwoodsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HEARTWOOD scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in HEARTWOOD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HEARTWOOD has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HEARTWOOD mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
The dense, darker core of a tree trunk, made up of old wood that no longer carries sap.
Heartwood is valued by carpenters because it resists rot and insects better than the paler wood around it. In a cut log it shows as a distinct central zone, and its colour often differs sharply from the outer sapwood.
How HEARTWOOD is used
Used in woodworking and botany for the central part of a trunk.
- The cabinetmaker chose boards cut from pure heartwood.
- Termites seldom bother the heartwood of cedar.
- You can see the dark heartwood in the middle of the sawn log.
- Fence posts made of heartwood last decades in the ground.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HEARTWOOD and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HEARTWOOD
1 longer words begin with HEARTWOOD.
Shorter words from the letters in HEARTWOOD
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Common questions about HEARTWOOD
- Is HEARTWOOD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HEARTWOOD, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HEARTWOOD worth?
- HEARTWOOD is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HEARTWOOD mean?
- The dense, darker core of a tree trunk, made up of old wood that no longer carries sap.
- What letters can be added to HEARTWOOD?
- HEARTWOOD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of HEARTWOOD:
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