OUTPOST is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. OUTPOST 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 OUTPOST?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OUTPOST is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OUTPOST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
outpostsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OUTPOST scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in OUTPOST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,191 thousand.
What does OUTPOST mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small military camp or station placed away from the main force, or a remote settlement or branch.
An outpost sits at the edge, watching for danger or keeping a claim on distant land. By extension, a business can call its small far-off office an outpost, and the word suggests isolation.
How OUTPOST is used
Outpost is common in history, frontier stories and descriptions of remote branches.
- Soldiers at the outpost watched the valley through the night.
- The research team lived at a lonely outpost in the Arctic.
- The company opened an outpost in the far north.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OUTPOST and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OUTPOST
The 7 tiles of OUTPOST in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with OUTPOST
1 longer words begin with OUTPOST.
Shorter words from the letters in OUTPOST
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Common questions about OUTPOST
- Is OUTPOST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OUTPOST, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OUTPOST worth?
- OUTPOST is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OUTPOST mean?
- A small military camp or station placed away from the main force, or a remote settlement or branch.
- What letters can be added to OUTPOST?
- OUTPOST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of OUTPOST:
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