WATERPOWER is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. WATERPOWER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WATERPOWER?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WATERPOWER is to know. It scores 18 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WATERPOWER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
waterpowersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WATERPOWER scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in WATERPOWER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so WATERPOWER has to be built on the board across turns.
What does WATERPOWER mean in Scrabble?
noun
The energy of falling or flowing water, harnessed to drive machinery or generate electricity.
Early mills were built beside streams precisely to capture waterpower, and the word still turns up in histories of industry. Today the same idea is more often called hydropower in energy debates.
How WATERPOWER is used
Used when discussing mills, dams and early industry that relied on moving water for energy.
- The textile town grew up around a fast river that supplied cheap waterpower.
- A great wheel turned by waterpower ground the flour each morning.
- Engineers studied how much waterpower the new dam could deliver.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WATERPOWER and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WATERPOWER
1 longer words begin with WATERPOWER.
Shorter words from the letters in WATERPOWER
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Common questions about WATERPOWER
- Is WATERPOWER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WATERPOWER, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WATERPOWER worth?
- WATERPOWER is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WATERPOWER mean?
- The energy of falling or flowing water, harnessed to drive machinery or generate electricity.
- What letters can be added to WATERPOWER?
- WATERPOWER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of WATERPOWER:
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