STROUD is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. STROUD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STROUD?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STROUD is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STROUD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
stroudsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How STROUD scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in STROUD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 64,673.
What does STROUD mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A coarse woollen cloth, originally made in the English town of Stroud, that was widely traded to Indigenous peoples of North America for blankets and clothing.
Stroud began as the name of a cloth-making town in Gloucestershire and came to name the coarse, brightly dyed wool cloth produced there. European traders carried bolts of stroud across the Atlantic from the seventeenth century onward, and it became one of the most sought-after goods exchanged with Indigenous nations for furs. The word survives today mainly in historical writing about the fur trade rather than in everyday use.
How STROUD is used
Historical; used when discussing the North American fur trade and the textiles exchanged within it.
- The traders exchanged blankets of stroud for beaver pelts.
- Museum records list several bolts of red stroud among the trade goods.
- Her cloak was cut from a length of heavy stroud.
- Historians describe stroud as one of the fur trade's most valuable commodities.
- The post's ledger recorded twenty yards of stroud sold that winter.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STROUD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with STROUD
3 longer words begin with STROUD.
Shorter words from the letters in STROUD
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Common questions about STROUD
- Is STROUD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STROUD, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STROUD worth?
- STROUD is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STROUD mean?
- A coarse woollen cloth, originally made in the English town of Stroud, that was widely traded to Indigenous peoples of North America for blankets and clothing.
- What letters can be added to STROUD?
- STROUD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of STROUD:
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