SWANK is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SWANK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SWANK?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SWANK is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SWANK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SWANK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SWANK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does SWANK mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Stylish and expensive in a showy way; ostentatiously fashionable or grand.
Swank describes places, clothes or lifestyles that display wealth openly, often with a hint that the display is a little too proud of itself. A swank restaurant or a swank hotel is meant to impress with luxury, and the word carries a faint suggestion of showing off rather than plain elegance. Swank is also used as a noun for that kind of showy grandeur, and as a verb meaning to show off or boast. All three uses of swank share the same core idea of ostentatious style rather than quiet good taste.
How SWANK is used
Informal, used of places or styles that are showy and expensively fashionable.
- They celebrated at a swank hotel downtown.
- He arrived in a swank new car everyone noticed.
- The party had a swank, glamorous feel to it.
- She dismissed the swank decor as pretentious.
- His swank office overlooked the entire city.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SWANK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SWANK
The 5 tiles of SWANK in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SWANK
18 longer words begin with SWANK.
Shorter words from the letters in SWANK
Common questions about SWANK
- Is SWANK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SWANK, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SWANK worth?
- SWANK is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SWANK mean?
- Stylish and expensive in a showy way; ostentatiously fashionable or grand.
- What letters can be added to SWANK?
- SWANK takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SWANK:
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