Is SWAYS valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts SWAYS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is SWAYS worth?

SWAYS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to SWAYS?

No single letter can be added to SWAYS to make another word.

SWAYS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points

Yes. SWAYS 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.

s1w4a1y4s1

PlayableSWAYS · 5 letters · 11 pts Scrabble · 10 pts WWF

11points in Scrabble

10points in Words with Friends

5letters

0hooks available

1 in 348,553odds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept SWAYS?

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: 30 / 100

30WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

2.2

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

4.2%

Our own measure of how useful SWAYS is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for SWAYS

No single letter turns SWAYS into another word.

How SWAYS scores

Scrabble s1w4a1y4s1 11

Words with Friends s1w4a1y3s1 10

Face value of the 5 tiles in SWAYS, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
s	2	4
w	1	2
a	1	9
y	1	2

Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 348,553.

What stands out about SWAYS

SWAYS begins and ends with the same letter.

Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things

Words ending in SWAYS

upsways15 crossways17 oversways18 barrasways18 expressways26

5 words end in SWAYS. Useful as a back hook: play SWAYS onto a word already on the board.

Shorter words from the letters in SWAYS

sway10 ways10 yaws10 saws7 says7 swy9 way9 yaw9 ays6 saw6 say6 was6 yas6 ass3 aw5 ay5 ya5 as2

Common questions about SWAYS

Is SWAYS valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts SWAYS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is SWAYS worth?: SWAYS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to SWAYS?: No single letter can be added to SWAYS to make another word.

Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SWAYS:

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