OUTLANDISH is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. OUTLANDISH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OUTLANDISH?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OUTLANDISH is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OUTLANDISH
No single letter turns OUTLANDISH into another word.
How OUTLANDISH scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in OUTLANDISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OUTLANDISH has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about OUTLANDISH
- All 10 letters of OUTLANDISH are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does OUTLANDISH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Strikingly strange or unconventional, in a way that seems out of place.
The word began as a description of anything from a foreign land, which is why it still carries a feeling of the alien. Today outlandish usually describes clothes, claims or ideas that sound too odd to take seriously.
How OUTLANDISH is used
Common in everyday English for bizarre dress, behaviour, ideas or prices.
- He wore an outlandish hat to the wedding.
- The outlandish story convinced nobody.
- Critics called the plan outlandish and expensive.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OUTLANDISH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OUTLANDISH
3 longer words begin with OUTLANDISH.
Shorter words from the letters in OUTLANDISH
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Common questions about OUTLANDISH
- Is OUTLANDISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OUTLANDISH, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OUTLANDISH worth?
- OUTLANDISH is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OUTLANDISH mean?
- Strikingly strange or unconventional, in a way that seems out of place.
- What letters can be added to OUTLANDISH?
- No single letter can be added to OUTLANDISH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of OUTLANDISH:
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