TWA is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. TWA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TWA?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TWA is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TWA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TWA scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in TWA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What stands out about TWA
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TWA mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Scots
Two — the ordinary Scots form of the number.
Twa is one of the handful of Scots numerals that made it into English poetry, and it survives chiefly there: in ballads, in Burns, and in phrases quoted from both. Anybody who uses it in prose today is either quoting or placing a speaker on purpose.
How TWA is used
Used where standard English writes two. Chiefly Scots and in verse.
- There were twa corbies sitting on a tree.
- He kept twa dogs and named neither.
- The ballad has twa in the first line and never explains it.
- Twa in a modern sentence is a deliberate choice.
- She counted them in Scots and stopped at twa.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TWA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TWA
The 3 tiles of TWA in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with TWA
Showing 24 of 66 words that begin with TWA.
Words ending in TWA
2 words end in TWA. Useful as a back hook: play TWA onto a word already on the board.
Words with TWA inside
Showing 24 of 170 words that contain TWA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TWA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TWA
Common questions about TWA
- Is TWA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TWA, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TWA worth?
- TWA is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TWA mean?
- Two — the ordinary Scots form of the number.
- What letters can be added to TWA?
- TWA takes 5 hooks: 0 in front and 5 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of TWA:
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