LIFEWAY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. LIFEWAY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LIFEWAY?
| 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: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LIFEWAY is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LIFEWAY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
lifewaysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LIFEWAY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in LIFEWAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 514,646.
What does LIFEWAY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A customary way of living shared by a community or culture.
Lifeway shows up in writing about traditional communities, where it covers food, work, belief and daily habits as one whole. It leans toward the lasting patterns of a people rather than a single person's lifestyle.
How LIFEWAY is used
Anthropologists and historians write about a group's lifeway, often in the plural.
- The museum records the lifeway of the river fishermen.
- Their lifeway depended on the seasons and the herd.
- Many young people are leaving the old lifeway behind.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LIFEWAY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LIFEWAY
1 longer words begin with LIFEWAY.
Shorter words from the letters in LIFEWAY
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Common questions about LIFEWAY
- Is LIFEWAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LIFEWAY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LIFEWAY worth?
- LIFEWAY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LIFEWAY mean?
- A customary way of living shared by a community or culture.
- What letters can be added to LIFEWAY?
- LIFEWAY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of LIFEWAY:
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