WEALD is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. WEALD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WEALD?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WEALD is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WEALD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
wealdsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WEALD scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WEALD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What stands out about WEALD
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does WEALD mean in Scrabble?
noun
literaryhistorical
An area of open or wooded countryside, especially uncultivated or forested land; often capitalized in the name of a historic wooded region of southeastern England.
Weald is an old English word for wild, wooded, or uncultivated country, closely related to wild and to the Germanic root behind wold and forest. Historically, the Weald named a large stretch of once-forested land across parts of Kent, Surrey, and Sussex, cleared gradually for farming and iron working over many centuries. In more general, lowercase use, a weald can refer to any tract of wooded or open countryside, a sense now mostly confined to literary or place-name contexts. Many English place names still preserve the word, a quiet reminder of how much of the country was once covered in forest.
How WEALD is used
Weald survives mainly as part of the place name the Weald and occasionally in literary description of wooded countryside.
- The Weald once stretched across Kent, Surrey, and Sussex.
- Iron workers cleared much of the old weald for charcoal burning.
- The novel opens with a ride across the quiet weald at dawn.
- Farms gradually replaced the ancient weald over the centuries.
- Footpaths still wind through what remains of the wooded weald.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WEALD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WEALD
The 5 tiles of WEALD in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with WEALD
1 longer words begin with WEALD.
Shorter words from the letters in WEALD
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Common questions about WEALD
- Is WEALD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WEALD, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WEALD worth?
- WEALD is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WEALD mean?
- An area of open or wooded countryside, especially uncultivated or forested land; often capitalized in the name of a historic wooded region of southeastern England.
- What letters can be added to WEALD?
- WEALD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WEALD:
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