SWAYFUL is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. SWAYFUL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SWAYFUL?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SWAYFUL is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SWAYFUL
No single letter turns SWAYFUL into another word.
How SWAYFUL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SWAYFUL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,474 thousand.
What does SWAYFUL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Able to sway, or to exert influence over others.
Swayful is a rare coinage built from sway plus the ending -ful, so it can describe something that moves back and forth or something that has influence. Few dictionaries record it and writers meet it chiefly in word lists.
How SWAYFUL is used
Used rarely, mostly in poetic or word-game contexts.
- The swayful branches bent in the evening breeze.
- She had a swayful voice that could turn a whole room.
- The poet called the willow a swayful dancer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SWAYFUL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SWAYFUL
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Common questions about SWAYFUL
- Is SWAYFUL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SWAYFUL, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SWAYFUL worth?
- SWAYFUL is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SWAYFUL mean?
- Able to sway, or to exert influence over others.
- What letters can be added to SWAYFUL?
- No single letter can be added to SWAYFUL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SWAYFUL:
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