OUTSCOLD is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. OUTSCOLD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OUTSCOLD?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OUTSCOLD is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OUTSCOLD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
outscoldsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OUTSCOLD scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in OUTSCOLD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OUTSCOLD has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OUTSCOLD mean in Scrabble?
verb
rare
To scold more loudly or severely than someone else.
Outscold imagines a quarrel in which one speaker overwhelms another with a stream of reproaches. In old comedies the shrewish character may outscold the whole street. The word is rare today and mostly humorous.
How OUTSCOLD is used
Takes a direct object; appears in comic or old-fashioned prose.
- No fishwife in the market could outscold her.
- The parrot seemed determined to outscold the housekeeper.
- He tried to outscold his rival but ran out of breath.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OUTSCOLD and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OUTSCOLD
3 longer words begin with OUTSCOLD.
Shorter words from the letters in OUTSCOLD
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Common questions about OUTSCOLD
- Is OUTSCOLD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OUTSCOLD, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OUTSCOLD worth?
- OUTSCOLD is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OUTSCOLD mean?
- To scold more loudly or severely than someone else.
- What letters can be added to OUTSCOLD?
- OUTSCOLD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of OUTSCOLD:
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