SUBCLASS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SUBCLASS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SUBCLASS?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SUBCLASS is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SUBCLASS
No single letter turns SUBCLASS into another word.
How SUBCLASS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SUBCLASS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 3 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SUBCLASS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SUBCLASS
- SUBCLASS 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 SUBCLASS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A subordinate category within a class, especially a taxonomic rank below class and above order.
Biologists place a subclass between class and order when sorting living things. In programming, a subclass is a class that inherits from another, so the idea of a smaller group nested in a larger one appears across many fields.
How SUBCLASS is used
Subclass is used in biology for a taxonomic rank and in computing for an inheriting class.
- Marsupials form a subclass distinct from the placental mammals in some older schemes.
- The programmer wrote a subclass that overrides the print method.
- Each subclass shares traits with its parent group.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SUBCLASS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SUBCLASS
8 longer words begin with SUBCLASS.
Shorter words from the letters in SUBCLASS
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Common questions about SUBCLASS
- Is SUBCLASS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SUBCLASS, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SUBCLASS worth?
- SUBCLASS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SUBCLASS mean?
- A subordinate category within a class, especially a taxonomic rank below class and above order.
- What letters can be added to SUBCLASS?
- No single letter can be added to SUBCLASS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SUBCLASS:
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