SWATHE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SWATHE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SWATHE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SWATHE is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SWATHE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SWATHE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SWATHE, 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 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does SWATHE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To wrap something or someone in bandages or layers of cloth.
To swathe is to wrap closely and thoroughly, so a patient may be swathed in bandages and a child in blankets. People also use it figuratively for anything covered all over, such as hills swathed in mist. As a noun the word means a bandage or wrapping, and in that sense it overlaps with swath, which is described separately. The verb is the more common use today.
How SWATHE is used
Usually passive: swathed in bandages, in mist or in fabric.
- The nurse will swathe the injured arm in clean bandages.
- They swathe the baby in a soft blanket at night.
- She likes to swathe herself in scarves in winter.
- Fog will swathe the valley before dawn.
- He tried to swathe the statue in cloth for the journey.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SWATHE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SWATHE
The 6 tiles of SWATHE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SWATHE
5 longer words begin with SWATHE.
Shorter words from the letters in SWATHE
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Common questions about SWATHE
- Is SWATHE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SWATHE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SWATHE worth?
- SWATHE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SWATHE mean?
- To wrap something or someone in bandages or layers of cloth.
- What letters can be added to SWATHE?
- SWATHE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SWATHE:
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