SWEEP is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SWEEP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SWEEP?
| 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 SWEEP is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SWEEP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SWEEP scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SWEEP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 71,295.
What does SWEEP mean in Scrabble?
verb
To clean a floor or surface by pushing dirt, dust, or debris away with a broom or brush.
People sweep a kitchen floor or a porch daily, using short, repeated strokes to gather loose dirt into a pile. The word broadened well beyond cleaning, so wind can sweep leaves across a yard and a team can sweep every game in a tournament. News reports also use sweep for a wide search, as when investigators sweep a building or an area for evidence. A chimney sweep, meanwhile, keeps the older sense closest to its literal roots, clearing soot from the inside of a chimney.
How SWEEP is used
Common in everyday speech about cleaning, and widely extended to searching, winning, and sudden movement.
- She would sweep the porch every morning before breakfast.
- The wind began to sweep dry leaves across the driveway.
- Officers were sent to sweep the building before the ceremony.
- The team hoped to sweep the remaining games of the series.
- He grabbed a broom to sweep up the broken glass.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SWEEP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SWEEP
The 5 tiles of SWEEP in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SWEEP
15 longer words begin with SWEEP.
Words ending in SWEEP
4 words end in SWEEP. Useful as a back hook: play SWEEP onto a word already on the board.
Words with SWEEP inside
11 words contain SWEEP in the middle. Words that start with SWEEP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SWEEP
Common questions about SWEEP
- Is SWEEP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SWEEP, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SWEEP worth?
- SWEEP is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SWEEP mean?
- To clean a floor or surface by pushing dirt, dust, or debris away with a broom or brush.
- What letters can be added to SWEEP?
- SWEEP takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SWEEP:
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