LOATHE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. LOATHE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LOATHE?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LOATHE is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LOATHE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LOATHE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in LOATHE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 28,744.
What does LOATHE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To find someone or something so repugnant that even being near it is hard to bear.
To loathe something is to hate it so strongly that the thought of it brings revulsion, which makes it stronger than dislike or even hate in many contexts. People loathe a smell, a food, a chore or a person, and the feeling is usually deep rather than passing. Take care with the spelling: the verb ends in an e, while the adjective loath, meaning unwilling, does not.
How LOATHE is used
Common in speech and writing; often paired with a gerund, as in loathe waiting.
- I loathe the smell of boiled cabbage.
- Many cats loathe a bath.
- He came to loathe the long commute.
- They loathe each other but must share an office.
- You may loathe the idea, yet the plan makes sense.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LOATHE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LOATHE
7 longer words begin with LOATHE.
Shorter words from the letters in LOATHE
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Common questions about LOATHE
- Is LOATHE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LOATHE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LOATHE worth?
- LOATHE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LOATHE mean?
- To find someone or something so repugnant that even being near it is hard to bear.
- What letters can be added to LOATHE?
- LOATHE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of LOATHE:
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