PADDLEBOAT is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. PADDLEBOAT 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 PADDLEBOAT?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PADDLEBOAT is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PADDLEBOAT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
paddleboatsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PADDLEBOAT scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PADDLEBOAT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| d | 2 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PADDLEBOAT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PADDLEBOAT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A boat driven forward by a wheel with paddles, turned by steam or by the pedalling of its passengers.
A paddleboat can be a historic steamer on a big river or a small pedal craft hired at a park lake. What they share is the wheel that pushes against the water instead of a propeller.
How PADDLEBOAT is used
Used for both old river steamers and modern pedal boats on lakes.
- A white paddleboat carried tourists along the river.
- We hired a paddleboat and pedalled across the pond.
- The old paddleboat has been restored as a museum.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PADDLEBOAT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PADDLEBOAT
1 longer words begin with PADDLEBOAT.
Shorter words from the letters in PADDLEBOAT
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Common questions about PADDLEBOAT
- Is PADDLEBOAT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PADDLEBOAT, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PADDLEBOAT worth?
- PADDLEBOAT is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PADDLEBOAT mean?
- A boat driven forward by a wheel with paddles, turned by steam or by the pedalling of its passengers.
- What letters can be added to PADDLEBOAT?
- PADDLEBOAT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PADDLEBOAT:
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