THROSTLE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. THROSTLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept THROSTLE?
| 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 THROSTLE is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THROSTLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
throstlesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How THROSTLE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in THROSTLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so THROSTLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does THROSTLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
poetic
A song thrush, or in the textile trade a machine that spins fibre continuously.
Poets liked throstle for the thrush because it sounds more musical than the plain name. The spinning machine took the same name, said to come from its humming noise. The second sense belongs to the history of cotton mills.
How THROSTLE is used
The bird sense is literary; the machine sense appears in industrial history.
- A throstle sang from the top of the hawthorn at dawn.
- The mill installed a new throstle to spin wool without pause.
- Tennyson-style verse often mentions the throstle in spring.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THROSTLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with THROSTLE
1 longer words begin with THROSTLE.
Shorter words from the letters in THROSTLE
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Common questions about THROSTLE
- Is THROSTLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts THROSTLE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is THROSTLE worth?
- THROSTLE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THROSTLE mean?
- A song thrush, or in the textile trade a machine that spins fibre continuously.
- What letters can be added to THROSTLE?
- THROSTLE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of THROSTLE:
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