SWASH is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SWASH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SWASH?
| 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 SWASH is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SWASH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
swashyChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How SWASH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SWASH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 348,553.
What stands out about SWASH
- 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 SWASH mean in Scrabble?
verb
To move or splash with a rushing, sloshing sound, especially of water.
Water begins to swash when a wave breaks and runs up a beach, then draws back again, and the same word can describe any liquid sloshing loudly inside a container as it is carried or shaken. Coastal scientists use the related noun swash for the sheet of water that surges up the shore after a wave breaks, a technical sense drawn directly from the everyday verb. The word also appears in swashbuckling, an older term for the noisy, showy sword fighting of pirates and adventurers in fiction, where swash originally suggested the clashing, splashing sound of blades and boots. Both uses share the same core idea of loud, energetic movement.
How SWASH is used
Used both in everyday description of splashing water and, as a noun, in the technical language of coastal science.
- The waves continued to swash gently against the hull all night.
- Water began to swash over the deck with every roll of the boat.
- The bucket seemed to swash noisily as he carried it up the stairs.
- Scientists measured how far the swash reached up the beach.
- The tide continued to swash back and forth across the flat sand.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SWASH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SWASH
The 5 tiles of SWASH in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SWASH
17 longer words begin with SWASH.
Shorter words from the letters in SWASH
Common questions about SWASH
- Is SWASH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SWASH, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SWASH worth?
- SWASH is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SWASH mean?
- To move or splash with a rushing, sloshing sound, especially of water.
- What letters can be added to SWASH?
- SWASH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SWASH:
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