TWAY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. TWAY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept TWAY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TWAY is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TWAY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
twaysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TWAY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in TWAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What does TWAY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaicliterary
An archaic word for two, found in older English verse and prose.
Tway did the job of the modern numeral two in earlier English, appearing before a noun much the way twain still does in phrases like "never the twain shall meet". It is a Scots and archaic variant that faded once two became the standard form.
How TWAY is used
Found in older poetry and prose rather than modern counting.
- The old tale speaks of tway brothers setting out together.
- Only tway candles lit the dim hall.
- The poem describes tway paths diverging in the wood.
- She kept tway coins hidden beneath the floorboard.
- Tway riders approached from the edge of the forest.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TWAY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TWAY
3 longer words begin with TWAY.
Words ending in TWAY
9 words end in TWAY. Useful as a back hook: play TWAY onto a word already on the board.
Words with TWAY inside
13 words contain TWAY in the middle. Words that start with TWAY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TWAY
Common questions about TWAY
- Is TWAY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and TWAY is not in it.
- How many points is TWAY worth?
- TWAY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TWAY mean?
- An archaic word for two, found in older English verse and prose.
- What letters can be added to TWAY?
- TWAY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of TWAY:
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