SWATH is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SWATH 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 SWATH?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SWATH is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SWATH
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SWATH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SWATH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What stands out about SWATH
- 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 SWATH mean in Scrabble?
noun
A long, broad strip of something, such as land, crop, or cut grass.
Farmers traditionally use the word for the strip of grass or grain that falls to one side as a mower or scythe cuts through a field, leaving a swath ready to be gathered. The meaning broadened over time to describe any wide strip or stretch of something, so writers now speak of a swath of countryside, a swath of the population, or the swath of destruction left behind by a storm. Because a swath suggests both width and length together, the word works well for describing something that stretches across a large area in one continuous band. The spelling swathe is common in British English for the same word.
How SWATH is used
Used literally in farming for a cut strip of crop and, more broadly, for any wide continuous strip of land, damage, or people.
- The mower left a neat swath of cut grass behind it.
- The tornado cut a wide swath through the small town.
- A broad swath of forest was cleared for the new road.
- The policy affects a large swath of the population.
- He walked along the swath left by the harvester.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SWATH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SWATH
The 5 tiles of SWATH in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SWATH
13 longer words begin with SWATH.
Words with SWATH inside
14 words contain SWATH in the middle. Words that start with SWATH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SWATH
Common questions about SWATH
- Is SWATH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SWATH, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SWATH worth?
- SWATH is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SWATH mean?
- A long, broad strip of something, such as land, crop, or cut grass.
- What letters can be added to SWATH?
- SWATH takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SWATH:
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