STONEWALL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. STONEWALL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STONEWALL?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STONEWALL is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STONEWALL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
stonewallsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How STONEWALL scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in STONEWALL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so STONEWALL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does STONEWALL mean in Scrabble?
verb
To refuse to answer or cooperate, blocking a process by delay or evasion.
Politicians and companies are said to stonewall when they dodge questions to avoid admitting something. In cricket, the same word means batting extremely cautiously and hardly scoring.
How STONEWALL is used
Common in news about officials; also a cricket term.
- Officials continued to stonewall the investigators.
- Do not stonewall me; I need an answer.
- The batsman chose to stonewall until tea.
- They tried to stonewall the inquiry for months.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STONEWALL and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with STONEWALL
6 longer words begin with STONEWALL.
Shorter words from the letters in STONEWALL
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Common questions about STONEWALL
- Is STONEWALL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STONEWALL, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STONEWALL worth?
- STONEWALL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STONEWALL mean?
- To refuse to answer or cooperate, blocking a process by delay or evasion.
- What letters can be added to STONEWALL?
- STONEWALL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of STONEWALL:
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