OUTSMILE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. OUTSMILE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OUTSMILE?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OUTSMILE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OUTSMILE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OUTSMILE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in OUTSMILE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OUTSMILE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about OUTSMILE
- All 8 letters of OUTSMILE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does OUTSMILE mean in Scrabble?
verb
rare
To smile more broadly or for longer than another person.
The verb outsmile imagines smiling as a contest, which makes it a playful coinage. You will meet it mostly in poems, jokes and word lists, since real speakers rarely need it.
How OUTSMILE is used
Takes a person as object; chiefly humorous.
- The two politicians tried to outsmile each other for the cameras.
- No child in the photograph could outsmile the baby.
- He could always outsmile his sister at family gatherings.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OUTSMILE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OUTSMILE
2 longer words begin with OUTSMILE.
Shorter words from the letters in OUTSMILE
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Common questions about OUTSMILE
- Is OUTSMILE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OUTSMILE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OUTSMILE worth?
- OUTSMILE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OUTSMILE mean?
- To smile more broadly or for longer than another person.
- What letters can be added to OUTSMILE?
- OUTSMILE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of OUTSMILE:
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