SMOTHERY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. SMOTHERY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SMOTHERY?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SMOTHERY is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SMOTHERY
No single letter turns SMOTHERY into another word.
How SMOTHERY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SMOTHERY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SMOTHERY has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SMOTHERY
- All 8 letters of SMOTHERY are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SMOTHERY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Close, stuffy and oppressive, as air that seems to stifle breathing.
Smothery is a rare descriptive word for heat or atmosphere that presses in on you. A hot, windless room or a heavy blanket on a summer night would earn it.
How SMOTHERY is used
Found in descriptive writing about stifling air, rooms and weather.
- The smothery heat made it hard to sleep.
- A smothery silence filled the crowded attic.
- She kicked off the smothery quilt in the night.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SMOTHERY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SMOTHERY
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Common questions about SMOTHERY
- Is SMOTHERY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SMOTHERY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SMOTHERY worth?
- SMOTHERY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SMOTHERY mean?
- Close, stuffy and oppressive, as air that seems to stifle breathing.
- What letters can be added to SMOTHERY?
- No single letter can be added to SMOTHERY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SMOTHERY:
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