WATTHOUR is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. WATTHOUR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WATTHOUR?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WATTHOUR is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WATTHOUR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
watthoursChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WATTHOUR scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in WATTHOUR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so WATTHOUR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does WATTHOUR mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A unit of energy equal to one watt of power used for one hour.
A watthour is 3600 joules, a small amount that is usually counted in thousands. Battery capacities and electricity meters are often given in this unit.
How WATTHOUR is used
Used in electrical engineering; the usual symbol is Wh.
- The phone battery stores about fifteen watthour of energy.
- A bulb rated at ten watts burns one watthour every six minutes.
- Meters record consumption in kilowatt hours, each of them a thousand watthour.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WATTHOUR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WATTHOUR
1 longer words begin with WATTHOUR.
Shorter words from the letters in WATTHOUR
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Common questions about WATTHOUR
- Is WATTHOUR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WATTHOUR, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WATTHOUR worth?
- WATTHOUR is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WATTHOUR mean?
- A unit of energy equal to one watt of power used for one hour.
- What letters can be added to WATTHOUR?
- WATTHOUR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of WATTHOUR:
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