SCORE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. SCORE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SCORE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCORE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCORE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SCORE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SCORE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 16,338.
What stands out about SCORE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 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 SCORE mean in Scrabble?
noun
The number of points, goals or runs recorded in a game or contest, or a written or printed piece of music showing all the parts to be played.
A score in sport is simply the running tally that decides who is winning, but the same word reaches into music for something quite different, the full written arrangement showing every instrument or voice part together, which a conductor reads from during a performance. Score also survives as an old word for the number twenty, a habit that goes back to counting sheep or tally marks in groups of twenty, which is why Abraham Lincoln's famous phrase four score and seven years means eighty-seven. To score, as a verb, means to earn a point in a game, to cut a shallow line into a surface, or, more informally, to succeed in getting hold of something a person wanted. Because the word stretches across sport, music, counting and cutting, a sentence usually needs only its immediate context to make clear which score is meant.
How SCORE is used
Extremely common across sport, music and everyday speech, with the meaning shifting sharply between contexts.
- The final score was three goals to one.
- The conductor followed the score closely during rehearsal.
- Four score years had passed since the town was founded.
- He scored the wood lightly before snapping it along the line.
- She was thrilled to score two tickets to the sold-out concert.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCORE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SCORE
The 5 tiles of SCORE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SCORE
17 longer words begin with SCORE.
Words ending in SCORE
12 words end in SCORE. Useful as a back hook: play SCORE onto a word already on the board.
Words with SCORE inside
21 words contain SCORE in the middle. Words that start with SCORE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SCORE
Common questions about SCORE
- Is SCORE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCORE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCORE worth?
- SCORE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCORE mean?
- The number of points, goals or runs recorded in a game or contest, or a written or printed piece of music showing all the parts to be played.
- What letters can be added to SCORE?
- SCORE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SCORE:
Open SCORE in the Word Finder