THAW is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. THAW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept THAW?
| 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 THAW is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THAW
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How THAW scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in THAW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What does THAW mean in Scrabble?
verb
To melt after being frozen.
Thaw is used about relations between countries as often as about ice, and that sense dates from the Cold War. The noun naming a period of thawing is a great deal older.
How THAW is used
Thawed, thawing. Also a noun.
- The ground thawed and the whole track turned to mud.
- The word thaw is used about diplomacy as well as ice.
- A thaw in January does more damage than the frost.
- The diplomatic sense of thaw dates from the Cold War.
- Two days of thaw and the river rose a metre.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THAW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of THAW
The 4 tiles of THAW in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with THAW
10 longer words begin with THAW.
Words ending in THAW
1 words end in THAW. Useful as a back hook: play THAW onto a word already on the board.
Words with THAW inside
5 words contain THAW in the middle. Words that start with THAW are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in THAW
Common questions about THAW
- Is THAW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts THAW, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is THAW worth?
- THAW is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THAW mean?
- To melt after being frozen.
- What letters can be added to THAW?
- THAW takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of THAW:
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