TWELFTH is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. TWELFTH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TWELFTH?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TWELFTH is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TWELFTH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
twelfthsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TWELFTH scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in TWELFTH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,779 thousand.
What stands out about TWELFTH
- TWELFTH gets by on a single vowel across 7 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TWELFTH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Coming number twelve in a series.
The twelfth item is the one after the eleventh, and as a noun it also names one of twelve equal parts. In Britain the Glorious Twelfth is the twelfth of August, the first day of grouse shooting.
How TWELFTH is used
Used for order in a series, dates and fractions.
- She finished in twelfth place in the race.
- The party is on the twelfth of June.
- A twelfth of the cake was left on the plate.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TWELFTH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TWELFTH
2 longer words begin with TWELFTH.
Shorter words from the letters in TWELFTH
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Common questions about TWELFTH
- Is TWELFTH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TWELFTH, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TWELFTH worth?
- TWELFTH is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TWELFTH mean?
- Coming number twelve in a series.
- What letters can be added to TWELFTH?
- TWELFTH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of TWELFTH:
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