SMOOTHBORE is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. SMOOTHBORE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SMOOTHBORE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SMOOTHBORE is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SMOOTHBORE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SMOOTHBORE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in SMOOTHBORE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 3 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SMOOTHBORE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SMOOTHBORE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A firearm or cannon whose barrel has a plain interior without spiral grooves.
A smoothbore is less accurate over distance than a rifled weapon, since the shot does not spin. Muskets and many shotguns are smoothbore designs.
How SMOOTHBORE is used
Smoothbore is also an adjective, as in a smoothbore musket.
- The old musket was a smoothbore.
- A smoothbore gun is poor at long range.
- Soldiers once marched into battle with a smoothbore.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SMOOTHBORE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SMOOTHBORE
2 longer words begin with SMOOTHBORE.
Shorter words from the letters in SMOOTHBORE
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Common questions about SMOOTHBORE
- Is SMOOTHBORE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SMOOTHBORE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SMOOTHBORE worth?
- SMOOTHBORE is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SMOOTHBORE mean?
- A firearm or cannon whose barrel has a plain interior without spiral grooves.
- What letters can be added to SMOOTHBORE?
- SMOOTHBORE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of SMOOTHBORE:
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