SHOULD is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SHOULD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHOULD?
| 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: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHOULD is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHOULD
No single letter turns SHOULD into another word.
How SHOULD scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SHOULD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 291,028.
What does SHOULD mean in Scrabble?
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A helping word used to say what ought to be done, what is likely, or what would happen if something else were true.
Should is the form that English uses for advice and duty, as in you should rest, and for reasonable expectation, as in the train should be here soon. It also appears in conditional wording and in polite requests, and it began life as the past tense of shall. In careful writing it separates a firm rule from a gentle recommendation, which is why it turns up so often in guides and instructions.
How SHOULD is used
Used before a bare verb to give advice, express duty or probability, or build a hypothetical clause.
- You should check the oven before the guests arrive.
- The package should reach us by Friday.
- Should you need any help, simply call the desk.
- I should have listened to the forecast and taken a coat.
- Why should anyone believe a story with so many gaps?
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHOULD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SHOULD
7 longer words begin with SHOULD.
Shorter words from the letters in SHOULD
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Common questions about SHOULD
- Is SHOULD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHOULD, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHOULD worth?
- SHOULD is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHOULD mean?
- A helping word used to say what ought to be done, what is likely, or what would happen if something else were true.
- What letters can be added to SHOULD?
- No single letter can be added to SHOULD to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SHOULD:
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