TWEET is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. TWEET is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TWEET?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TWEET is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TWEET
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tweetsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TWEET scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TWEET, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,024.
What stands out about TWEET
- TWEET begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TWEET mean in Scrabble?
verb
To make a short, high-pitched chirping sound, as a small bird does; also, to post a brief public message on a social media platform.
A sparrow may tweet from a fence post long before sunrise, using short repeated notes to mark its territory. The same word later came to describe posting a short written update online, a sense that spread quickly once such messages became a common way for people to share news in real time.
How TWEET is used
Used literally for bird calls and, since the rise of social media, for short public posts online.
- A finch began to tweet outside the kitchen window at dawn.
- She tweeted a photo from the concert within minutes of arriving.
- The company tweeted an apology after the delivery delay.
- Sparrows tweet loudly whenever a cat wanders near the yard.
- He deleted the tweet he had posted the night before.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TWEET and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TWEET
8 longer words begin with TWEET.
Words ending in TWEET
3 words end in TWEET. Useful as a back hook: play TWEET onto a word already on the board.
Words with TWEET inside
7 words contain TWEET in the middle. Words that start with TWEET are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TWEET
Common questions about TWEET
- Is TWEET valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TWEET, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TWEET worth?
- TWEET is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TWEET mean?
- To make a short, high-pitched chirping sound, as a small bird does; also, to post a brief public message on a social media platform.
- What letters can be added to TWEET?
- TWEET takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TWEET:
Open TWEET in the Word Finder