SOUTH is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SOUTH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SOUTH?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SOUTH is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SOUTH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
southsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SOUTH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SOUTH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 49,015.
What stands out about SOUTH
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SOUTH mean in Scrabble?
noun
The cardinal compass direction opposite north, or the southern part of a country, region or the world; also used as an adjective and adverb for that direction.
Sailors and hikers rely on south as one of the four main points of orientation, sitting squarely across from its polar twin and marking the way a traveller faces when the midday sun sits highest overhead in the northern hemisphere. Historians and journalists stretch south into a looser geographic label too, so writers speak of the south of France or, in United States history, use it for the states that broke away during the Civil War. The same short word slips easily into other grammatical roles, describing a south wind or telling a ship to sail south without changing its spelling at all. In card games such as bridge, South further names one of the four seated players, partnered directly across the table from North.
How SOUTH is used
Extremely common across everyday speech, geography and navigation, naming both the compass direction and, informally, whole regions lying toward it.
- They drove south for six hours to reach the coast.
- The house faces south, so the garden gets sun all day.
- Winters are milder in the south of the country.
- A cold wind blew in from the south overnight.
- South led with the ace of spades to open the hand.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SOUTH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SOUTH
The 5 tiles of SOUTH in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SOUTH
Showing 24 of 75 words that begin with SOUTH.
Shorter words from the letters in SOUTH
Common questions about SOUTH
- Is SOUTH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SOUTH, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SOUTH worth?
- SOUTH is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SOUTH mean?
- The cardinal compass direction opposite north, or the southern part of a country, region or the world; also used as an adjective and adverb for that direction.
- What letters can be added to SOUTH?
- SOUTH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SOUTH:
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