THOU is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. THOU is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept THOU?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful THOU is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THOU
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
thousChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How THOU scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in THOU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,212.
What does THOU mean in Scrabble?
pronoun
archaic
The single listener a speaker addresses directly, used as the subject of a sentence in older or religious English, as in thou art or thou shalt.
Thou appears frequently in early modern English texts, including the King James Bible and works by Shakespeare, where it addressed a single person of equal or lower status. Modern English replaced it almost entirely with you, so today thou survives mainly in poetry, prayer, and historical fiction.
How THOU is used
Rarely used outside archaic, religious, or poetic writing today.
- Thou shalt not steal, the commandment declares.
- Where art thou going on this fine morning.
- The poem begins, thou art my only love.
- In old prayers, thou often refers to God directly.
- Thou hast spoken wisely, replied the elder.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THOU and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of THOU
The 4 tiles of THOU in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with THOU
Showing 24 of 25 words that begin with THOU.
Words with THOU inside
Showing 24 of 104 words that contain THOU somewhere in the middle. Words that start with THOU are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in THOU
Common questions about THOU
- Is THOU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts THOU, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is THOU worth?
- THOU is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THOU mean?
- The single listener a speaker addresses directly, used as the subject of a sentence in older or religious English, as in thou art or thou shalt.
- What letters can be added to THOU?
- THOU takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of THOU:
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