TWO is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. TWO 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 TWO?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TWO is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TWO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
twosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TWO scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in TWO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,684.
What stands out about TWO
- The same 3 tiles also spell 3 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 TWO mean in Scrabble?
noun
The number that follows one.
Two keeps a w that stopped being pronounced five hundred years ago, and the same letter survives in twice, twin and between, all built on the same root. The spelling preserves a sound nobody has made since the fifteenth century.
How TWO is used
Countable as a noun: a two, two twos.
- Two of them arrived and three had been expected.
- The w in two has been silent for five hundred years.
- He rolled a two and lost the game on it.
- Twice and twin come from the same root as two.
- Two heads are better than one, or so the saying runs.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TWO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TWO
The 3 tiles of TWO in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with TWO
Showing 24 of 34 words that begin with TWO.
Words with TWO inside
Showing 24 of 158 words that contain TWO somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TWO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TWO
Common questions about TWO
- Is TWO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TWO, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TWO worth?
- TWO is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TWO mean?
- The number that follows one.
- What letters can be added to TWO?
- TWO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of TWO:
Open TWO in the Word Finder