SOFTWOOD is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. SOFTWOOD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SOFTWOOD?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SOFTWOOD is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SOFTWOOD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
softwoodsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SOFTWOOD scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SOFTWOOD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 3 | 8 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SOFTWOOD has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SOFTWOOD mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
Timber from conifers such as pine, fir and spruce, or a tree that yields it.
Softwood is the trade name for wood from cone-bearing trees, and it is not always softer than hardwood. It is cheap and quick-growing, so it dominates framing and paper making.
How SOFTWOOD is used
Used in carpentry, forestry and gardening, where softwood can also mean young flexible shoots used for cuttings.
- The cabin was built from local softwood.
- Pine is the most common softwood in furniture.
- Gardeners take softwood cuttings in early summer.
- The mill sorts softwood by length and grade.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SOFTWOOD and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SOFTWOOD
1 longer words begin with SOFTWOOD.
Shorter words from the letters in SOFTWOOD
Showing 40 of 69. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about SOFTWOOD
- Is SOFTWOOD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SOFTWOOD, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SOFTWOOD worth?
- SOFTWOOD is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SOFTWOOD mean?
- Timber from conifers such as pine, fir and spruce, or a tree that yields it.
- What letters can be added to SOFTWOOD?
- SOFTWOOD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SOFTWOOD:
Open SOFTWOOD in the Word Finder