SPEND is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SPEND is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPEND?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPEND is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPEND
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPEND scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SPEND, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 32,677.
What does SPEND mean in Scrabble?
verb
To pay out money for goods or services, or to use up time, effort or another resource.
A shopper who spends money hands it over in exchange for something wanted, while a traveller who spends a week somewhere simply passes that time there rather than paying for anything at all. The verb extends naturally to effort and energy too, so a team can spend hours preparing for a match, treating time and effort as resources that run out just like cash. A country that tries to spend beyond its income runs a deficit, showing how spend sits at the centre of everyday economic and financial language. The related noun spend, meaning the total amount paid out, has become common in business writing about budgets and marketing.
How SPEND is used
Extremely common in everyday speech and finance, covering money, time and effort alike.
- They plan to spend the weekend at the coast.
- She spends most of her salary on rent and bills.
- The company increased its marketing spend this year.
- He spends hours fixing the old engine.
- The government promised not to spend beyond its budget.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPEND and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SPEND
The 5 tiles of SPEND in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SPEND
13 longer words begin with SPEND.
Words ending in SPEND
9 words end in SPEND. Useful as a back hook: play SPEND onto a word already on the board.
Words with SPEND inside
Showing 24 of 34 words that contain SPEND somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SPEND are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SPEND
Common questions about SPEND
- Is SPEND valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPEND, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPEND worth?
- SPEND is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPEND mean?
- To pay out money for goods or services, or to use up time, effort or another resource.
- What letters can be added to SPEND?
- SPEND takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SPEND:
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