PUBLISH is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. PUBLISH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PUBLISH?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PUBLISH is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PUBLISH
No single letter turns PUBLISH into another word.
How PUBLISH scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PUBLISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,474 thousand.
What does PUBLISH mean in Scrabble?
verb
To prepare and issue a book, article, music or other material for sale or for the public to read.
Publishers choose what to publish, edit it and then print or release it online. Outside the book trade the verb can mean to announce something formally, such as a decree, or to make results openly known.
How PUBLISH is used
You publish a book, a paper, a photograph or a statement, in print or on the web.
- The company plans to publish her novel next spring.
- Scientists publish their findings in journals.
- The magazine will publish the photographs online.
- They chose to publish the list of winners on Friday.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PUBLISH and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PUBLISH
9 longer words begin with PUBLISH.
Shorter words from the letters in PUBLISH
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Common questions about PUBLISH
- Is PUBLISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PUBLISH, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PUBLISH worth?
- PUBLISH is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PUBLISH mean?
- To prepare and issue a book, article, music or other material for sale or for the public to read.
- What letters can be added to PUBLISH?
- No single letter can be added to PUBLISH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PUBLISH:
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