HIGHWAYMAN is a valid Scrabble word — 25 points
Yes. HIGHWAYMAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 25 points in Scrabble and 25 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HIGHWAYMAN?
| 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 HIGHWAYMAN is to know. It scores 25 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HIGHWAYMAN
No single letter turns HIGHWAYMAN into another word.
How HIGHWAYMAN scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in HIGHWAYMAN, 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 | 2 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HIGHWAYMAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HIGHWAYMAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A robber, usually on horseback, who stopped travellers on the road and took their valuables.
The highwayman is a figure of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, when coach travel was dangerous. Dick Turpin is the classic example, and the romantic image lives on in ballads and films.
How HIGHWAYMAN is used
Highwayman refers mainly to historical road robbers and features in stories and songs.
- The highwayman demanded the coach passengers' purses.
- Legends say the highwayman hid in the old inn.
- A masked highwayman rode out of the mist.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HIGHWAYMAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HIGHWAYMAN
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Common questions about HIGHWAYMAN
- Is HIGHWAYMAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HIGHWAYMAN, where it scores 25 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HIGHWAYMAN worth?
- HIGHWAYMAN is worth 25 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HIGHWAYMAN mean?
- A robber, usually on horseback, who stopped travellers on the road and took their valuables.
- What letters can be added to HIGHWAYMAN?
- No single letter can be added to HIGHWAYMAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of HIGHWAYMAN:
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