OUTWIT is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. OUTWIT 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 OUTWIT?
| 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 OUTWIT 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 OUTWIT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OUTWIT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in OUTWIT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 137,969.
What does OUTWIT mean in Scrabble?
verb
To defeat or get the better of someone by being cleverer or more cunning.
To outwit someone is to win not by force but by planning ahead, so that the other party walks into a trap or misses the obvious answer. The word joins the prefix out- (beyond, surpassing) to wit, the old word for mental sharpness. Fairy tales and detective stories are full of characters who outwit a stronger rival.
How OUTWIT is used
Common in everyday and literary English, usually with a person or a clever animal as the subject.
- The fox managed to outwit the farmer once again.
- You will not outwit a chess engine by relying on tricks.
- The detective set out to outwit the forger.
- Children love stories in which the smallest character can outwit the giant.
- It takes real patience to outwit a determined opponent.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OUTWIT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OUTWIT
4 longer words begin with OUTWIT.
Shorter words from the letters in OUTWIT
Common questions about OUTWIT
- Is OUTWIT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OUTWIT, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OUTWIT worth?
- OUTWIT is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OUTWIT mean?
- To defeat or get the better of someone by being cleverer or more cunning.
- What letters can be added to OUTWIT?
- OUTWIT takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of OUTWIT:
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