SEVENTEEN is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SEVENTEEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SEVENTEEN?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SEVENTEEN is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 8.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SEVENTEEN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
seventeensChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SEVENTEEN scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SEVENTEEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 4 | 12 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SEVENTEEN has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SEVENTEEN
- The letter E appears four times in SEVENTEEN.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SEVENTEEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
The whole number that comes after sixteen and before eighteen, written 17.
In many countries seventeen is an age at which teenagers start learning to drive or finish school. Clothing and shoe makers also use seventeen as a size label, which is a different job from simple counting.
How SEVENTEEN is used
Used as a plain number or as an age, and it stays the same whether it counts things or describes them.
- There were seventeen chairs around the long table.
- She turned seventeen in the spring.
- The shop only had the jacket in size seventeen.
- Seventeen players travelled to the final.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SEVENTEEN and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SEVENTEEN
4 longer words begin with SEVENTEEN.
Shorter words from the letters in SEVENTEEN
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Common questions about SEVENTEEN
- Is SEVENTEEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SEVENTEEN, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SEVENTEEN worth?
- SEVENTEEN is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SEVENTEEN mean?
- The whole number that comes after sixteen and before eighteen, written 17.
- What letters can be added to SEVENTEEN?
- SEVENTEEN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SEVENTEEN:
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