SCREWBALL is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. SCREWBALL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SCREWBALL?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCREWBALL is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCREWBALL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
screwballsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SCREWBALL scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SCREWBALL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SCREWBALL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SCREWBALL mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
An eccentric or crazy person, or a baseball pitch that curves against the usual direction.
Calling someone a screwball is a mild, teasing way of saying they are odd. In baseball the screwball breaks the opposite way to a curveball, which makes it hard to hit. As an adjective it also names a fast, zany style of film comedy.
How SCREWBALL is used
Screwball is informal and good-humoured, and it works as both noun and adjective.
- My uncle is a harmless screwball.
- The pitcher threw a screwball for the final strike.
- The movie was a classic screwball comedy.
- Her screwball ideas often turned out to be brilliant.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCREWBALL and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SCREWBALL
1 longer words begin with SCREWBALL.
Shorter words from the letters in SCREWBALL
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Common questions about SCREWBALL
- Is SCREWBALL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCREWBALL, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCREWBALL worth?
- SCREWBALL is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCREWBALL mean?
- An eccentric or crazy person, or a baseball pitch that curves against the usual direction.
- What letters can be added to SCREWBALL?
- SCREWBALL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SCREWBALL:
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