NOONTIDE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. NOONTIDE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NOONTIDE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NOONTIDE is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NOONTIDE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
noontidesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NOONTIDE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in NOONTIDE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 2 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NOONTIDE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NOONTIDE mean in Scrabble?
noun
literaryarchaic
The middle of the day, around twelve o'clock.
Noontide has a poetic, old-fashioned colour that plain noon lacks, and it turns up in verse and hymns. It suggests the sun at its height and the day at its fullest. Writers often set it against dawn or the long shadows of evening.
How NOONTIDE is used
Appears mostly in poetry and elevated prose instead of everyday speech.
- At noontide the fields lay silent under the heat.
- The bell rang out at noontide across the valley.
- Shepherds rested in the shade until noontide had passed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NOONTIDE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NOONTIDE
1 longer words begin with NOONTIDE.
Shorter words from the letters in NOONTIDE
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Common questions about NOONTIDE
- Is NOONTIDE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NOONTIDE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NOONTIDE worth?
- NOONTIDE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NOONTIDE mean?
- The middle of the day, around twelve o'clock.
- What letters can be added to NOONTIDE?
- NOONTIDE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of NOONTIDE:
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