ORPHANHOOD is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. ORPHANHOOD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ORPHANHOOD?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ORPHANHOOD is to know. It scores 19 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ORPHANHOOD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
orphanhoodsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ORPHANHOOD scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ORPHANHOOD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 3 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ORPHANHOOD has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ORPHANHOOD mean in Scrabble?
noun
The condition of being a child whose parents have died.
Orphanhood shapes a childhood through loss and often through care by relatives or institutions. Novelists return to it often. Social workers use the word when discussing support for children without parents.
How ORPHANHOOD is used
Used in literature, history and social policy.
- Orphanhood marked the whole of his childhood.
- The novel opens with the hero's orphanhood.
- Charities work to ease the hardships of orphanhood.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ORPHANHOOD and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ORPHANHOOD
1 longer words begin with ORPHANHOOD.
Shorter words from the letters in ORPHANHOOD
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Common questions about ORPHANHOOD
- Is ORPHANHOOD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ORPHANHOOD, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ORPHANHOOD worth?
- ORPHANHOOD is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ORPHANHOOD mean?
- The condition of being a child whose parents have died.
- What letters can be added to ORPHANHOOD?
- ORPHANHOOD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ORPHANHOOD:
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