NEWLYWED is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. NEWLYWED is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NEWLYWED?
| 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 NEWLYWED is to know. It scores 18 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NEWLYWED
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
newlywedsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NEWLYWED scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in NEWLYWED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| w | 2 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NEWLYWED has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NEWLYWED mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person who has recently got married.
A newlywed is defined by timing, not age, and the label fades after the first months or year of marriage. Magazines and advertisers like the word newlywed because it points at people setting up a first home together.
How NEWLYWED is used
Used in everyday speech and news, often in the plural as newlyweds, for a recently married couple.
- The newlywed waved from the car window as the cans rattled behind it.
- Every newlywed in the building seemed to be shopping for the same sofa.
- The hotel offered a free breakfast to any newlywed couple.
- As a newlywed she was still learning how her husband liked his coffee.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NEWLYWED and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NEWLYWED
1 longer words begin with NEWLYWED.
Shorter words from the letters in NEWLYWED
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Common questions about NEWLYWED
- Is NEWLYWED valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NEWLYWED, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NEWLYWED worth?
- NEWLYWED is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NEWLYWED mean?
- A person who has recently got married.
- What letters can be added to NEWLYWED?
- NEWLYWED takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of NEWLYWED:
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