SWASHBUCKLE is a valid Scrabble word — 25 points
Yes. SWASHBUCKLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 25 points in Scrabble and 28 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SWASHBUCKLE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SWASHBUCKLE is to know. It scores 25 from 11 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SWASHBUCKLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SWASHBUCKLE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in SWASHBUCKLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SWASHBUCKLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SWASHBUCKLE mean in Scrabble?
verb
humorous
To behave in a daring, showy manner, in the style of a romantic adventurer with a sword.
The verb is a back-formation from the older noun swashbuckler, and it is nearly always playful. People swashbuckle in films, costume parties and tall tales, rarely in real life.
How SWASHBUCKLE is used
Swashbuckle usually appears in reviews or stories about pirates, musketeers and other dashing heroes.
- He loved to swashbuckle across the stage with a plastic cutlass.
- The actors swashbuckle through every scene of the film.
- Children swashbuckle around the garden with wooden swords.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SWASHBUCKLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SWASHBUCKLE
4 longer words begin with SWASHBUCKLE.
Shorter words from the letters in SWASHBUCKLE
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Common questions about SWASHBUCKLE
- Is SWASHBUCKLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SWASHBUCKLE, where it scores 28 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SWASHBUCKLE worth?
- SWASHBUCKLE is worth 25 points in Scrabble and 28 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SWASHBUCKLE mean?
- To behave in a daring, showy manner, in the style of a romantic adventurer with a sword.
- What letters can be added to SWASHBUCKLE?
- SWASHBUCKLE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of SWASHBUCKLE:
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