SWINGLETREE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. SWINGLETREE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SWINGLETREE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SWINGLETREE is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SWINGLETREE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
swingletreesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SWINGLETREE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in SWINGLETREE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SWINGLETREE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SWINGLETREE mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A crossbar on a carriage or plough, pivoted in the middle, to which the traces of a draught horse are fastened.
The swingletree lets each horse pull independently and evens out the load when two animals work side by side. It is a piece of old farm and coach gear that most people now meet only in museums or in dictionaries.
How SWINGLETREE is used
An old term from horse-drawn farming and coaching for the bar that carries the traces.
- The farmer hooked the traces to the swingletree and set off.
- A cracked swingletree made the plough pull unevenly.
- Each horse was fastened to its own end of the swingletree.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SWINGLETREE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SWINGLETREE
1 longer words begin with SWINGLETREE.
Shorter words from the letters in SWINGLETREE
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Common questions about SWINGLETREE
- Is SWINGLETREE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SWINGLETREE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SWINGLETREE worth?
- SWINGLETREE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SWINGLETREE mean?
- A crossbar on a carriage or plough, pivoted in the middle, to which the traces of a draught horse are fastened.
- What letters can be added to SWINGLETREE?
- SWINGLETREE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of SWINGLETREE:
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