WATERFLOOD is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. WATERFLOOD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WATERFLOOD?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WATERFLOOD is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WATERFLOOD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
waterfloodsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WATERFLOOD scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in WATERFLOOD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so WATERFLOOD has to be built on the board across turns.
What does WATERFLOOD mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A method of oil recovery in which water is pumped into a reservoir to push the remaining oil towards the wells.
Operators turn to waterflood when natural pressure in a field has dropped. As a verb the word means to treat a field this way, and it is rarer in general speech than the noun.
How WATERFLOOD is used
Used in the petroleum industry.
- The company began a waterflood to restore pressure.
- Waterflood is a standard secondary recovery method.
- Engineers monitored the waterflood for signs of early breakthrough.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WATERFLOOD and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WATERFLOOD
The 10 tiles of WATERFLOOD in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with WATERFLOOD
4 longer words begin with WATERFLOOD.
Shorter words from the letters in WATERFLOOD
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Common questions about WATERFLOOD
- Is WATERFLOOD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WATERFLOOD, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WATERFLOOD worth?
- WATERFLOOD is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WATERFLOOD mean?
- A method of oil recovery in which water is pumped into a reservoir to push the remaining oil towards the wells.
- What letters can be added to WATERFLOOD?
- WATERFLOOD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of WATERFLOOD:
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