RANSOM is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. RANSOM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RANSOM?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RANSOM is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RANSOM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RANSOM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in RANSOM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What stands out about RANSOM
- The same 6 tiles also spell 5 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does RANSOM mean in Scrabble?
noun
A sum of money demanded or paid for the release of a captive or captured property.
Ransom describes both the price demanded to free someone held captive and the act of paying that price; kidnappers, pirates, and wartime captors have historically demanded ransom for prisoners. The same word doubles as a verb, so a family might ransom a relative by paying the sum outright. Beyond crime and war, ransom now appears in computing too, in the word ransomware, which extorts a similar payment for locked data.
How RANSOM is used
Common in everyday and news usage, referring to crime, history, and now digital extortion.
- The kidnappers demanded a large ransom for the executive's release.
- Medieval knights captured in battle were often held for ransom.
- Her family paid the ransom within a week of the abduction.
- The pirates set a ransom the shipping company could not refuse.
- No ransom could buy back the years the prisoner had lost.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RANSOM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RANSOM
The 6 tiles of RANSOM in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with RANSOM
9 longer words begin with RANSOM.
Shorter words from the letters in RANSOM
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Common questions about RANSOM
- Is RANSOM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RANSOM, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RANSOM worth?
- RANSOM is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RANSOM mean?
- A sum of money demanded or paid for the release of a captive or captured property.
- What letters can be added to RANSOM?
- RANSOM takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of RANSOM:
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