WARDRESS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. WARDRESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WARDRESS?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WARDRESS is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WARDRESS
No single letter turns WARDRESS into another word.
How WARDRESS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in WARDRESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so WARDRESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does WARDRESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
British
A woman who guards prisoners in a jail.
Wardress is an older British term, now mostly replaced by gender-neutral prison officer. You are likely to meet it in historical accounts and crime fiction.
How WARDRESS is used
Dated; used in British writing about prisons.
- The wardress unlocked the cell at dawn.
- A stern wardress escorted the prisoner to the yard.
- She served as a wardress at the women's prison for years.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WARDRESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WARDRESS
1 longer words begin with WARDRESS.
Shorter words from the letters in WARDRESS
Showing 40 of 175. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about WARDRESS
- Is WARDRESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WARDRESS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WARDRESS worth?
- WARDRESS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WARDRESS mean?
- A woman who guards prisoners in a jail.
- What letters can be added to WARDRESS?
- No single letter can be added to WARDRESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of WARDRESS:
Open WARDRESS in the Word Finder