INSWATHE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. INSWATHE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INSWATHE?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INSWATHE is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INSWATHE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How INSWATHE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in INSWATHE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so INSWATHE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about INSWATHE
- All 8 letters of INSWATHE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does INSWATHE mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To wrap or bind closely in bands of cloth.
Inswathe appears in older literature for wrapping babies or mummies. It is a rarer relative of swathe.
How INSWATHE is used
Archaic and literary; inswathe is seldom used in modern prose.
- They would inswathe the baby against the cold.
- The embalmers inswathe the body in linen.
- Mist seemed to inswathe the hills.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INSWATHE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with INSWATHE
2 longer words begin with INSWATHE.
Shorter words from the letters in INSWATHE
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Common questions about INSWATHE
- Is INSWATHE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INSWATHE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INSWATHE worth?
- INSWATHE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INSWATHE mean?
- To wrap or bind closely in bands of cloth.
- What letters can be added to INSWATHE?
- INSWATHE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of INSWATHE:
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