THRESH is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. THRESH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept THRESH?
| 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 THRESH is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THRESH
No single letter turns THRESH into another word.
How THRESH scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in THRESH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 2 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 689,845.
What stands out about THRESH
- THRESH gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does THRESH mean in Scrabble?
verb
To beat out the grain of a harvested crop from its husks and straw.
For centuries this was done by hand with a flail on a barn floor, and later by a drum machine driven by a tractor or engine. From that farm job comes the phrase to thresh out, meaning to discuss a matter so thoroughly that every point is settled. Used loosely, the verb can also describe violent tossing about.
How THRESH is used
Literal in farming contexts; figurative in the phrase thresh out a problem.
- They would thresh the wheat in the barn after the harvest.
- The committee met to thresh out a compromise.
- A flail was once the only tool used to thresh the grain.
- Workers gathered to thresh the last of the barley before rain.
- Do not thresh the stalks too long or the seed will crack.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THRESH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with THRESH
10 longer words begin with THRESH.
Shorter words from the letters in THRESH
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Common questions about THRESH
- Is THRESH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts THRESH, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is THRESH worth?
- THRESH is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THRESH mean?
- To beat out the grain of a harvested crop from its husks and straw.
- What letters can be added to THRESH?
- No single letter can be added to THRESH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of THRESH:
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