WARHORSE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. WARHORSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WARHORSE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WARHORSE is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WARHORSE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
warhorsesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WARHORSE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in WARHORSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so WARHORSE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does WARHORSE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A powerful horse once ridden in battle, or a veteran who has long served in a field.
In its figurative sense a warhorse is someone who has fought many contests, such as an old politician. It also names a work, like a famous opera, that has been performed so often it feels worn.
How WARHORSE is used
Used literally in history and figuratively of veterans or overplayed works.
- The knight's warhorse wore heavy armour.
- The senator is a political warhorse with forty years of service.
- That symphony is a concert-hall warhorse.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WARHORSE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WARHORSE
1 longer words begin with WARHORSE.
Shorter words from the letters in WARHORSE
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Common questions about WARHORSE
- Is WARHORSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WARHORSE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WARHORSE worth?
- WARHORSE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WARHORSE mean?
- A powerful horse once ridden in battle, or a veteran who has long served in a field.
- What letters can be added to WARHORSE?
- WARHORSE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of WARHORSE:
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