SPRING is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SPRING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPRING?
| 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 SPRING is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPRING
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPRING scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SPRING, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 153,299.
What stands out about SPRING
- SPRING gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SPRING mean in Scrabble?
noun
The season between winter and summer, or a coil of elastic metal, or a place where water rises naturally from the ground.
The noun spring covers several unrelated ideas that share a root meaning of rising or leaping up. It is the season when plants rise from the soil, the elastic coil that jumps back after pressure, and the stream of water that wells up from underground. As a verb it means to leap suddenly, with the past form sprang and the participle sprung.
How SPRING is used
Common everyday word; the verb is irregular (spring, sprang, sprung).
- Crocuses flower in early spring.
- The old mattress had a broken spring.
- Villagers drew clean water from a spring in the hill.
- A cat can spring onto a high shelf in one bound.
- The clock was driven by a tightly wound spring.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPRING and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SPRING
Showing 24 of 57 words that begin with SPRING.
Shorter words from the letters in SPRING
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Common questions about SPRING
- Is SPRING valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPRING, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPRING worth?
- SPRING is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPRING mean?
- The season between winter and summer, or a coil of elastic metal, or a place where water rises naturally from the ground.
- What letters can be added to SPRING?
- SPRING takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SPRING:
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