RUNWAY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. RUNWAY 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 RUNWAY?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RUNWAY is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RUNWAY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
runwaysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RUNWAY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in RUNWAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What does RUNWAY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A long strip of hard ground on which aircraft take off and land.
An airport runway is built to carry the weight of a fully loaded airliner and long enough for it to gain flying speed or brake to a stop. Runways are numbered by compass heading, so a pilot knows which way the strip points. The word reaches beyond aviation: a raised walkway that models walk along at a fashion show is also a runway, and so is the narrow path animals wear through grass. Fashion writers even say a style is seen on the runway before it reaches the shops.
How RUNWAY is used
Standard in aviation; the fashion sense is equally common in news and style writing.
- The plane rolled to the end of the runway and waited for clearance.
- Fog forced the airport to close its main runway.
- Models walked the runway under bright white lights.
- Deer had worn a runway through the tall grass to the stream.
- Designers showed their winter collections on the runway in Milan.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RUNWAY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RUNWAY
The 6 tiles of RUNWAY in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with RUNWAY
1 longer words begin with RUNWAY.
Shorter words from the letters in RUNWAY
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Common questions about RUNWAY
- Is RUNWAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RUNWAY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RUNWAY worth?
- RUNWAY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RUNWAY mean?
- A long strip of hard ground on which aircraft take off and land.
- What letters can be added to RUNWAY?
- RUNWAY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of RUNWAY:
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