WARD is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. WARD 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 WARD?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WARD is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WARD
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WARD scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in WARD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does WARD mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large room in a hospital that houses a group of patients, or a person placed under the legal protection of a guardian.
Hospitals often organize their wards by medical specialty, such as a children's ward or a surgical ward. In law, a ward is someone, often a minor, whose affairs are managed by an appointed guardian because they cannot act for themselves.
How WARD is used
Countable noun; can refer to a hospital section or a person under guardianship.
- The nurse walked through the ward checking on each patient.
- Two new wards were added to the hospital wing last year.
- The judge appointed a guardian for the young ward.
- Doctors moved quickly between beds in the crowded ward.
- The orphan became a ward of the state after her parents died.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WARD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WARD
The 4 tiles of WARD in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with WARD
Showing 24 of 40 words that begin with WARD.
Words ending in WARD
Showing 24 of 102 words that end in WARD. Useful as a back hook: play WARD onto a word already on the board.
Words with WARD inside
Showing 24 of 202 words that contain WARD somewhere in the middle. Words that start with WARD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WARD
Common questions about WARD
- Is WARD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WARD, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WARD worth?
- WARD is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WARD mean?
- A large room in a hospital that houses a group of patients, or a person placed under the legal protection of a guardian.
- What letters can be added to WARD?
- WARD takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of WARD:
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