SCATTERSHOT is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. SCATTERSHOT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SCATTERSHOT?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCATTERSHOT is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCATTERSHOT
No single letter turns SCATTERSHOT into another word.
How SCATTERSHOT scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in SCATTERSHOT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 3 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SCATTERSHOT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SCATTERSHOT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Aimed or spread widely and without careful focus, hitting many targets at random.
The image comes from a shotgun blast whose pellets fan out in all directions. A scattershot campaign tries a bit of everything and hopes something works, rather than choosing one clear target.
How SCATTERSHOT is used
Used about plans, criticism or approaches that lack focus, and scattershot is usually mildly critical.
- The company took a scattershot approach to advertising.
- His scattershot criticism missed the real problem.
- A scattershot search of the archive turned up nothing useful.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCATTERSHOT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SCATTERSHOT
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Common questions about SCATTERSHOT
- Is SCATTERSHOT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCATTERSHOT, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCATTERSHOT worth?
- SCATTERSHOT is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCATTERSHOT mean?
- Aimed or spread widely and without careful focus, hitting many targets at random.
- What letters can be added to SCATTERSHOT?
- No single letter can be added to SCATTERSHOT to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of SCATTERSHOT:
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