SOUTHWEST is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. SOUTHWEST 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 SOUTHWEST?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SOUTHWEST is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SOUTHWEST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
southwestsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SOUTHWEST scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SOUTHWEST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SOUTHWEST has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SOUTHWEST mean in Scrabble?
noun
The compass direction halfway between south and west, or a region lying in that direction.
On a compass card southwest sits at 225 degrees, and sailors and pilots use it as a bearing. People also capitalise it, as the Southwest, for a part of a country, especially the dry southwestern states of America.
How SOUTHWEST is used
Southwest is written as one word in standard American and British usage, and the adjective southwestern follows from it.
- The storm is moving toward the southwest.
- We drove southwest until the mountains appeared.
- The Southwest is famous for its deserts and red rock.
- The wind turned to the southwest at dawn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SOUTHWEST and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SOUTHWEST
12 longer words begin with SOUTHWEST.
Shorter words from the letters in SOUTHWEST
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Common questions about SOUTHWEST
- Is SOUTHWEST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SOUTHWEST, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SOUTHWEST worth?
- SOUTHWEST is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SOUTHWEST mean?
- The compass direction halfway between south and west, or a region lying in that direction.
- What letters can be added to SOUTHWEST?
- SOUTHWEST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SOUTHWEST:
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