SHOESTRING is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. SHOESTRING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHOESTRING?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHOESTRING is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHOESTRING
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
shoestringsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHOESTRING scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in SHOESTRING, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SHOESTRING has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SHOESTRING mean in Scrabble?
noun
A lace for fastening a shoe; also, a very small amount of money.
The money sense is probably the more common today, in the phrase "on a shoestring", meaning with very little to spend. Used as a modifier, as in a shoestring budget, it points to extreme thrift.
How SHOESTRING is used
Common in both literal and figurative use, especially in the phrase on a shoestring.
- He tied the broken shoestring in a knot.
- They built the company on a shoestring.
- The film was made on a shoestring budget.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHOESTRING and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SHOESTRING
1 longer words begin with SHOESTRING.
Shorter words from the letters in SHOESTRING
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Common questions about SHOESTRING
- Is SHOESTRING valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHOESTRING, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHOESTRING worth?
- SHOESTRING is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHOESTRING mean?
- A lace for fastening a shoe; also, a very small amount of money.
- What letters can be added to SHOESTRING?
- SHOESTRING takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of SHOESTRING:
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