SHANTYTOWN is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. SHANTYTOWN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHANTYTOWN?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHANTYTOWN is to know. It scores 19 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHANTYTOWN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
shantytownsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHANTYTOWN scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in SHANTYTOWN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SHANTYTOWN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SHANTYTOWN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A settlement of crude shacks built from scrap materials, where poor people live.
A shantytown typically springs up at the edge of a city, often without legal title to the land or proper water and drainage. The term describes the physical makeshift housing as well as the poverty behind it.
How SHANTYTOWN is used
Used in news, social studies and history for informal housing districts.
- A shantytown grew along the railway embankment.
- Thousands of families lived in the shantytown without running water.
- The city plans to replace the shantytown with new housing.
- Photographers documented daily life in the shantytown.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHANTYTOWN and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SHANTYTOWN
1 longer words begin with SHANTYTOWN.
Shorter words from the letters in SHANTYTOWN
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Common questions about SHANTYTOWN
- Is SHANTYTOWN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHANTYTOWN, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHANTYTOWN worth?
- SHANTYTOWN is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHANTYTOWN mean?
- A settlement of crude shacks built from scrap materials, where poor people live.
- What letters can be added to SHANTYTOWN?
- SHANTYTOWN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of SHANTYTOWN:
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