TOWNSWOMAN is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. TOWNSWOMAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TOWNSWOMAN?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TOWNSWOMAN is to know. It scores 18 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TOWNSWOMAN
No single letter turns TOWNSWOMAN into another word.
How TOWNSWOMAN scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in TOWNSWOMAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| w | 2 | 2 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TOWNSWOMAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TOWNSWOMAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A woman who lives in a particular town or city, or was born there.
Writers use townswoman to set a woman against the countryside or against visitors. It sounds slightly old-fashioned today, and the male counterpart is townsman.
How TOWNSWOMAN is used
Mostly found in local history and newspaper-style writing about community life.
- A local townswoman recalled the great flood of 1953.
- The townswoman greeted every stranger at the market.
- She was a respected townswoman and a member of the council.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TOWNSWOMAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TOWNSWOMAN
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Common questions about TOWNSWOMAN
- Is TOWNSWOMAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TOWNSWOMAN, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TOWNSWOMAN worth?
- TOWNSWOMAN is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TOWNSWOMAN mean?
- A woman who lives in a particular town or city, or was born there.
- What letters can be added to TOWNSWOMAN?
- No single letter can be added to TOWNSWOMAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of TOWNSWOMAN:
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