SPYGLASS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. SPYGLASS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPYGLASS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPYGLASS is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPYGLASS
No single letter turns SPYGLASS into another word.
How SPYGLASS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SPYGLASS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 3 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SPYGLASS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SPYGLASS
- SPYGLASS gets by on a single vowel across 8 letters.
- SPYGLASS begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SPYGLASS mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small hand-held telescope used for looking at distant objects.
A spyglass was standard kit for a ship's officer or a gentleman on a hill long before binoculars were common. Today the word has a pleasantly old-fashioned, adventurous ring.
How SPYGLASS is used
Mostly found in stories about sailors, pirates and explorers, or in descriptions of antiques.
- The captain raised his spyglass to the horizon.
- A brass spyglass hung on the cabin wall.
- The child pretended the cardboard tube was a spyglass.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPYGLASS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SPYGLASS
1 longer words begin with SPYGLASS.
Shorter words from the letters in SPYGLASS
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Common questions about SPYGLASS
- Is SPYGLASS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPYGLASS, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPYGLASS worth?
- SPYGLASS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPYGLASS mean?
- A small hand-held telescope used for looking at distant objects.
- What letters can be added to SPYGLASS?
- No single letter can be added to SPYGLASS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SPYGLASS:
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