SELCOUTH is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. SELCOUTH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SELCOUTH?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SELCOUTH is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SELCOUTH
No single letter turns SELCOUTH into another word.
How SELCOUTH scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SELCOUTH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SELCOUTH has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SELCOUTH
- All 8 letters of SELCOUTH are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SELCOUTH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaicpoetic
Strange, unusual and little known.
Selcouth is an old English word that survives mainly in poems and in lists of lost words. It is a near cousin of uncouth, which once also meant unfamiliar.
How SELCOUTH is used
Archaic; found in poetry and word lists.
- The traveller described a selcouth land beyond the hills.
- A selcouth light shone over the moor.
- Poets once called any wonder selcouth.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SELCOUTH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SELCOUTH
The 8 tiles of SELCOUTH in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in SELCOUTH
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Common questions about SELCOUTH
- Is SELCOUTH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SELCOUTH, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SELCOUTH worth?
- SELCOUTH is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SELCOUTH mean?
- Strange, unusual and little known.
- What letters can be added to SELCOUTH?
- No single letter can be added to SELCOUTH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SELCOUTH:
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