HIGHWAY is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. HIGHWAY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HIGHWAY?
| 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: 58 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HIGHWAY is to know. It scores 20 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HIGHWAY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
highwaysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HIGHWAY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in HIGHWAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 16,469 thousand.
What does HIGHWAY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A main public road that links towns or cities and carries fast traffic.
In the United States a highway may have several lanes and no crossings, whereas in Britain the term is rarer and used in law for any public road. Phrases such as information highway use the same picture for fast routes of data.
How HIGHWAY is used
Highway is a common everyday word for a major road, with a legal meaning in British English.
- We drove along the coastal highway for two hours.
- The new highway cut the journey time in half.
- A truck stopped on the highway shoulder.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HIGHWAY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HIGHWAY
3 longer words begin with HIGHWAY.
Shorter words from the letters in HIGHWAY
Common questions about HIGHWAY
- Is HIGHWAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HIGHWAY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HIGHWAY worth?
- HIGHWAY is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HIGHWAY mean?
- A main public road that links towns or cities and carries fast traffic.
- What letters can be added to HIGHWAY?
- HIGHWAY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of HIGHWAY:
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