SWARD is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SWARD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SWARD?
| 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 SWARD is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SWARD
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SWARD scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SWARD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What stands out about SWARD
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 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 SWARD mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
An expanse of ground covered with short grass, especially a smooth stretch of turf.
A sward is typically a continuous cover of short, even grass rather than a single lawn or field marked by borders. Writers often use the word to evoke open parkland, a hillside, or a churchyard covered in green turf. The term appears more in descriptive or literary prose than in everyday speech.
How SWARD is used
Chiefly literary, used to describe stretches of grassy ground rather than an ordinary lawn.
- Sheep grazed quietly across the open sward.
- The path wound through a green sward toward the old manor.
- Dew covered the sward at first light.
- Children ran barefoot over the soft sward behind the house.
- The poem describes a wide sward stretching to the river.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SWARD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SWARD
The 5 tiles of SWARD in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SWARD
6 longer words begin with SWARD.
Words ending in SWARD
2 words end in SWARD. Useful as a back hook: play SWARD onto a word already on the board.
Words with SWARD inside
2 words contain SWARD in the middle. Words that start with SWARD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SWARD
Common questions about SWARD
- Is SWARD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SWARD, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SWARD worth?
- SWARD is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SWARD mean?
- An expanse of ground covered with short grass, especially a smooth stretch of turf.
- What letters can be added to SWARD?
- SWARD takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SWARD:
Open SWARD in the Word Finder