SPAWN is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SPAWN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPAWN?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPAWN is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPAWN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPAWN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SPAWN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does SPAWN mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
The eggs of fish, frogs, or other aquatic animals, often held together in gelatinous clusters.
Frogs and many fish release spawn directly into the water, where fertilization happens outside the parents bodies entirely. Anglers and naturalists watch shallow ponds each spring, since a sudden cluster of spawn signals that breeding season has begun. The same word later widened in meaning, giving rise to a verb use in which a project, rumor, or trend is said to spawn further consequences. Computing and video games borrowed this broader sense too, describing a character or object that will spawn at a fixed point in the program.
How SPAWN is used
Common in nature writing and fishing contexts, and widely borrowed as a verb outside biology.
- A thick ribbon of frog spawn floated near the edge of the pond.
- The fisherman noticed fresh salmon spawn glistening among the gravel.
- Biology students examined fish spawn under a microscope in the lab.
- The pond surface was dotted with clumps of newly laid spawn.
- Ducks picked through the shallow water, snapping up loose spawn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPAWN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SPAWN
The 5 tiles of SPAWN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SPAWN
9 longer words begin with SPAWN.
Words ending in SPAWN
1 words end in SPAWN. Useful as a back hook: play SPAWN onto a word already on the board.
Words with SPAWN inside
1 words contain SPAWN in the middle. Words that start with SPAWN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SPAWN
Common questions about SPAWN
- Is SPAWN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPAWN, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPAWN worth?
- SPAWN is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPAWN mean?
- The eggs of fish, frogs, or other aquatic animals, often held together in gelatinous clusters.
- What letters can be added to SPAWN?
- SPAWN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SPAWN:
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