NEWSGROUP is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. NEWSGROUP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NEWSGROUP?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NEWSGROUP is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NEWSGROUP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
newsgroupsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NEWSGROUP scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in NEWSGROUP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NEWSGROUP has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about NEWSGROUP
- All 9 letters of NEWSGROUP are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does NEWSGROUP mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
An online discussion forum devoted to one topic, where people post and read messages.
Newsgroups ran on the Usenet network long before modern social media, with each group covering a subject from cooking to programming. Users read and posted messages through special reader software. Today web forums have mostly taken their place.
How NEWSGROUP is used
Newsgroup belongs to internet history and is used when discussing Usenet or early online communities.
- He asked his question in a newsgroup about gardening.
- Each newsgroup had its own rules for posting.
- The old newsgroup archive is still searchable.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NEWSGROUP and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NEWSGROUP
1 longer words begin with NEWSGROUP.
Shorter words from the letters in NEWSGROUP
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Common questions about NEWSGROUP
- Is NEWSGROUP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NEWSGROUP, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NEWSGROUP worth?
- NEWSGROUP is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NEWSGROUP mean?
- An online discussion forum devoted to one topic, where people post and read messages.
- What letters can be added to NEWSGROUP?
- NEWSGROUP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of NEWSGROUP:
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