STRAW is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. STRAW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STRAW?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STRAW is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STRAW
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How STRAW scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in STRAW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What stands out about STRAW
- The same 5 tiles also spell 4 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 STRAW mean in Scrabble?
noun
The dry, cut stalks of cereal plants such as wheat or barley, left over after the grain has been threshed.
Straw is what remains once grain has been removed from wheat, oats, or barley, and farmers bale it for animal bedding, mulch, or thatching roofs rather than for food. The same word also names the thin tube used for sipping a drink, a shape clearly borrowed from the hollow plant stalk. Straw is lighter and drier than hay, which is grown and cut specifically to feed livestock.
How STRAW is used
General vocabulary; common in farming contexts and in everyday talk about drinking straws.
- The farmer baled the straw once the wheat was harvested.
- Fresh straw was spread across the stable floor.
- She sipped the milkshake through a paper straw.
- Straw scattered across the field after the storm.
- The barn roof was thatched with straw.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STRAW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of STRAW
The 5 tiles of STRAW in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with STRAW
21 longer words begin with STRAW.
Words ending in STRAW
3 words end in STRAW. Useful as a back hook: play STRAW onto a word already on the board.
Words with STRAW inside
3 words contain STRAW in the middle. Words that start with STRAW are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in STRAW
Common questions about STRAW
- Is STRAW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STRAW, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STRAW worth?
- STRAW is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STRAW mean?
- The dry, cut stalks of cereal plants such as wheat or barley, left over after the grain has been threshed.
- What letters can be added to STRAW?
- STRAW takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of STRAW:
Open STRAW in the Word Finder