OUTWAR is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. OUTWAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OUTWAR?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OUTWAR is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OUTWAR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OUTWAR scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in OUTWAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What does OUTWAR mean in Scrabble?
verb
rare
To surpass or exceed an opponent in waging war.
Outwar belongs to the large family of out- verbs that mean to beat someone at a given activity, here the activity being warfare. It turns up almost only in dictionaries and word lists, and in rare literary phrasing about rival powers. Scrabble players know it as a handy way to unload the W and the double R.
How OUTWAR is used
Rare; found mostly in word lists and in occasional literary writing.
- The empire hoped to outwar every neighbour on its border.
- No general of his age could outwar him in the field.
- The poem imagines a king who would outwar the sea itself.
- They tried to outwar the rebels by sheer numbers.
- She played outwar to use up an awkward set of tiles.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OUTWAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OUTWAR
8 longer words begin with OUTWAR.
Shorter words from the letters in OUTWAR
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Common questions about OUTWAR
- Is OUTWAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OUTWAR, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OUTWAR worth?
- OUTWAR is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OUTWAR mean?
- To surpass or exceed an opponent in waging war.
- What letters can be added to OUTWAR?
- OUTWAR takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of OUTWAR:
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