SEAWAY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SEAWAY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SEAWAY?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SEAWAY is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SEAWAY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
seawaysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SEAWAY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SEAWAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What does SEAWAY mean in Scrabble?
noun
nautical
A waterway that lets ocean-going ships travel far inland, or a regular shipping route across the sea.
The best-known example is the St. Lawrence Seaway, a system of locks and canals that opens the Great Lakes to ships from the Atlantic. A seaway can also be a natural channel connecting two seas, or the sea lane a vessel follows. Sailors have an older meaning as well: a heavy swell or rough sea, as in a ship pitching in a seaway. Which sense is meant is usually clear from whether the speaker is talking about trade or about weather.
How SEAWAY is used
Used in geography, shipping and nautical writing.
- Freighters moved slowly up the seaway toward the inland port.
- The new seaway shortened the trip between the lakes and the ocean.
- A narrow seaway separates the island from the mainland.
- The little boat labored in the heavy seaway outside the harbor.
- Locks along the seaway raise ships many feet in stages.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SEAWAY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SEAWAY
The 6 tiles of SEAWAY in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SEAWAY
1 longer words begin with SEAWAY.
Shorter words from the letters in SEAWAY
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Common questions about SEAWAY
- Is SEAWAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SEAWAY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SEAWAY worth?
- SEAWAY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SEAWAY mean?
- A waterway that lets ocean-going ships travel far inland, or a regular shipping route across the sea.
- What letters can be added to SEAWAY?
- SEAWAY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SEAWAY:
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