SPIRE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. SPIRE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPIRE?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPIRE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPIRE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPIRE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SPIRE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about SPIRE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 8 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 SPIRE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A tall, narrowly pointed structure that rises from the roof or tower of a building, especially a church.
A spire tapers steadily to a sharp point at its top, and church builders raised them for centuries partly to draw the eye upward and partly to mark a building visible from far across a town. Medieval masons competed to build ever taller spires, and some, built in stone or timber and covered in lead or copper, still dominate the skyline of the towns around them. The word extends loosely to any tall, tapering natural or man-made form that echoes the same pointed shape, such as a rocky spire rising from a mountain ridge. A spire differs from a plain tower in being distinctly pointed rather than flat-topped, which is why a cathedral with a flat tower is not usually said to have a spire at all.
How SPIRE is used
Standard in architecture and everyday description of churches and skylines; occasionally extended to tall, pointed natural rock formations.
- The cathedral spire could be seen for miles across the flat countryside.
- Lightning struck the old church spire during the storm.
- Climbers admired a thin rock spire rising above the ridge.
- The architect designed a slender glass spire for the new tower.
- Pigeons nested in a gap near the top of the spire.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPIRE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SPIRE
The 5 tiles of SPIRE in a different order — 8 found.
Words starting with SPIRE
12 longer words begin with SPIRE.
Words ending in SPIRE
10 words end in SPIRE. Useful as a back hook: play SPIRE onto a word already on the board.
Words with SPIRE inside
Showing 24 of 26 words that contain SPIRE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SPIRE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SPIRE
Showing 40 of 41. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about SPIRE
- Is SPIRE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPIRE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPIRE worth?
- SPIRE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPIRE mean?
- A tall, narrowly pointed structure that rises from the roof or tower of a building, especially a church.
- What letters can be added to SPIRE?
- SPIRE takes 5 hooks: 1 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SPIRE:
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