SOUTHLAND is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. SOUTHLAND is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SOUTHLAND?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SOUTHLAND is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SOUTHLAND
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
southlandsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SOUTHLAND scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SOUTHLAND, 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 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SOUTHLAND has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SOUTHLAND
- All 9 letters of SOUTHLAND are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SOUTHLAND mean in Scrabble?
noun
The southern part of a country or region.
Writers reach for southland when they want a slightly poetic or regional flavour, as in songs and travel prose. It can refer to a whole country's warm south or to one named area, and it sometimes appears in place names.
How SOUTHLAND is used
Used in literary and regional writing, often with the, for the south of a country.
- Winters in the southland are short and mild.
- The singer longed for the southland of her childhood.
- Orange groves spread across the southland.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SOUTHLAND and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SOUTHLAND
The 9 tiles of SOUTHLAND in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SOUTHLAND
3 longer words begin with SOUTHLAND.
Shorter words from the letters in SOUTHLAND
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Common questions about SOUTHLAND
- Is SOUTHLAND valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SOUTHLAND, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SOUTHLAND worth?
- SOUTHLAND is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SOUTHLAND mean?
- The southern part of a country or region.
- What letters can be added to SOUTHLAND?
- SOUTHLAND takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SOUTHLAND:
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