TOWNWARD is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. TOWNWARD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TOWNWARD?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TOWNWARD is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TOWNWARD
No single letter turns TOWNWARD into another word.
How TOWNWARD scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TOWNWARD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 2 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TOWNWARD has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TOWNWARD mean in Scrabble?
adverb
literary
In the direction of the town; toward the town.
Townward is a compact, slightly old-fashioned way of giving a direction. It can also serve as an adjective, describing a road or a journey that leads into town.
How TOWNWARD is used
Used in descriptive or literary prose when a character heads into a nearby town.
- The cart rolled townward as the sun came up.
- She turned townward at the crossroads.
- A townward path ran along the river.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TOWNWARD and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TOWNWARD
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Common questions about TOWNWARD
- Is TOWNWARD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TOWNWARD, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TOWNWARD worth?
- TOWNWARD is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TOWNWARD mean?
- In the direction of the town; toward the town.
- What letters can be added to TOWNWARD?
- No single letter can be added to TOWNWARD to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TOWNWARD:
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