OLDWIFE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. OLDWIFE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OLDWIFE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OLDWIFE is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OLDWIFE
No single letter turns OLDWIFE into another word.
How OLDWIFE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in OLDWIFE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 289,489.
What does OLDWIFE mean in Scrabble?
noun
regional
Any of several fishes, such as the alewife, or a long-tailed sea duck.
Oldwife is a loose folk name, and which creature it points to depends on the region and the period. Anglers and old naturalists applied it to a fish, while others meant a duck.
How OLDWIFE is used
Oldwife is a regional name and may refer to a fish or a duck depending on the source.
- The fisherman called the silvery catch an oldwife.
- An oldwife swam along the coast, its tail trailing behind it.
- In the old book an oldwife is described as a diving duck.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OLDWIFE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in OLDWIFE
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Common questions about OLDWIFE
- Is OLDWIFE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OLDWIFE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OLDWIFE worth?
- OLDWIFE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OLDWIFE mean?
- Any of several fishes, such as the alewife, or a long-tailed sea duck.
- What letters can be added to OLDWIFE?
- No single letter can be added to OLDWIFE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of OLDWIFE:
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