SPITE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. SPITE 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 SPITE?
| 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 SPITE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPITE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPITE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SPITE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about SPITE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 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 SPITE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A deliberate desire to hurt, annoy or offend someone, often shown through small, mean actions.
Spite is a small, personal kind of malice, less about serious harm than about hurting or irritating someone specifically because a person dislikes or resents them, often over some earlier slight. Someone who acts out of spite might do something petty and pointless purely to upset another person, gaining nothing themselves except the satisfaction of causing annoyance. The common phrase in spite of turns the word in a completely different direction, meaning despite or regardless of, as when a plan succeeds in spite of every obstacle placed against it. The adjective spiteful describes a person or remark driven by this small, personal malice, sharper and more deliberate than mere unkindness.
How SPITE is used
Common in everyday speech both as a noun for petty malice and, in the fixed phrase in spite of, meaning despite.
- She cancelled the trip purely out of spite.
- He left the gate open out of spite toward his neighbour.
- In spite of the rain, the match went ahead as planned.
- Their old rivalry had curdled into open spite.
- The spite in his voice surprised everyone at the table.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPITE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SPITE
The 5 tiles of SPITE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SPITE
8 longer words begin with SPITE.
Words ending in SPITE
3 words end in SPITE. Useful as a back hook: play SPITE onto a word already on the board.
Words with SPITE inside
17 words contain SPITE in the middle. Words that start with SPITE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SPITE
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Common questions about SPITE
- Is SPITE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPITE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPITE worth?
- SPITE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPITE mean?
- A deliberate desire to hurt, annoy or offend someone, often shown through small, mean actions.
- What letters can be added to SPITE?
- SPITE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SPITE:
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