POSTWAR is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. POSTWAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POSTWAR?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POSTWAR is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POSTWAR
No single letter turns POSTWAR into another word.
How POSTWAR scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in POSTWAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 385,985.
What does POSTWAR mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Belonging to the period after a war, especially the Second World War.
Historians use postwar for housing booms, economies, politics and culture that took shape once fighting ended. Without a clarifying phrase, it usually points to the years after 1945.
How POSTWAR is used
Postwar is used in history, economics and architecture to date events and styles.
- The postwar years brought rapid growth in the suburbs.
- They lived in a small postwar house made of concrete.
- Postwar Europe had to rebuild its roads and bridges.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POSTWAR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in POSTWAR
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Common questions about POSTWAR
- Is POSTWAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POSTWAR, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POSTWAR worth?
- POSTWAR is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POSTWAR mean?
- Belonging to the period after a war, especially the Second World War.
- What letters can be added to POSTWAR?
- No single letter can be added to POSTWAR to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of POSTWAR:
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