SCATHE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SCATHE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SCATHE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCATHE is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCATHE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SCATHE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SCATHE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What stands out about SCATHE
- The same 6 tiles also spell 4 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 SCATHE mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicliterary
To harm or injure, or to criticise someone in a savage, withering way.
Scathe comes from Old Norse and once meant simple physical harm, which is why the old phrase "without scathe" meant unharmed. As a verb it now mostly survives in a figurative sense of fierce criticism, and almost everyone knows it through the adjective scathing. The noun, meaning damage or injury, is just as old but even rarer today.
How SCATHE is used
Archaic or literary in the sense of injury; the critical sense appears in formal writing.
- The review did not hesitate to scathe the author's second novel.
- Fire and storm could scathe the whole harvest in a single night.
- The old ballad says the knight rode home without scathe.
- Critics were ready to scathe any minister who broke the promise.
- No arrow could scathe him while he wore the enchanted cloak.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCATHE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SCATHE
The 6 tiles of SCATHE in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with SCATHE
6 longer words begin with SCATHE.
Shorter words from the letters in SCATHE
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Common questions about SCATHE
- Is SCATHE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCATHE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCATHE worth?
- SCATHE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCATHE mean?
- To harm or injure, or to criticise someone in a savage, withering way.
- What letters can be added to SCATHE?
- SCATHE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SCATHE:
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