OUTSPARKLE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. OUTSPARKLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OUTSPARKLE?
| 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 OUTSPARKLE is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OUTSPARKLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OUTSPARKLE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in OUTSPARKLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OUTSPARKLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about OUTSPARKLE
- All 10 letters of OUTSPARKLE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does OUTSPARKLE mean in Scrabble?
verb
literary
To shine or glitter more brightly than something else.
Outsparkle is a playful coinage on the pattern of outshine. It suits writing about jewels, wit or celebrations, where one thing seems to glitter beyond all the rest.
How OUTSPARKLE is used
Used in light, descriptive writing, as in a gown that will outsparkle every other.
- Her laugh could outsparkle the chandeliers.
- The fireworks seemed to outsparkle the stars.
- No gem in the shop would outsparkle that diamond.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OUTSPARKLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OUTSPARKLE
2 longer words begin with OUTSPARKLE.
Shorter words from the letters in OUTSPARKLE
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Common questions about OUTSPARKLE
- Is OUTSPARKLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OUTSPARKLE, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OUTSPARKLE worth?
- OUTSPARKLE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OUTSPARKLE mean?
- To shine or glitter more brightly than something else.
- What letters can be added to OUTSPARKLE?
- OUTSPARKLE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of OUTSPARKLE:
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