STRATH is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. STRATH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STRATH?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STRATH is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STRATH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
strathsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How STRATH scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in STRATH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 183,959.
What stands out about STRATH
- STRATH 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 STRATH mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scots
A broad, flat river valley, especially in Scotland.
A strath is wider and flatter than a glen, with a river meandering along its floor and farmland or grazing on either side. The word comes from Gaelic and survives in many Highland place names such as Strathspey and Strathclyde, where it stands for the valley of the named river. Geographers use it for similar wide valleys elsewhere.
How STRATH is used
Scottish geography; common in place names and descriptions of Highland landscape.
- The road runs along the strath beside the river.
- Sheep grazed across the green floor of the strath.
- A mist lay low over the strath at dawn.
- Farms once filled every corner of the strath.
- They drove through the long strath to reach the coast.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STRATH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with STRATH
3 longer words begin with STRATH.
Shorter words from the letters in STRATH
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Common questions about STRATH
- Is STRATH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STRATH, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STRATH worth?
- STRATH is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STRATH mean?
- A broad, flat river valley, especially in Scotland.
- What letters can be added to STRATH?
- STRATH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of STRATH:
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