WEIGHMAN is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. WEIGHMAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WEIGHMAN?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WEIGHMAN is to know. It scores 17 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WEIGHMAN
No single letter turns WEIGHMAN into another word.
How WEIGHMAN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in WEIGHMAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so WEIGHMAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about WEIGHMAN
- All 8 letters of WEIGHMAN are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does WEIGHMAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person employed to weigh goods, especially coal at a mine.
Miners paid by weight relied on the honesty of the weighman, and disputes over short weight started strikes. The job also existed at docks and markets.
How WEIGHMAN is used
Used in mining, trade and industrial history.
- The weighman recorded each cart of coal.
- Miners elected their own weighman to check the scales.
- A cheating weighman could ruin a family.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WEIGHMAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in WEIGHMAN
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Common questions about WEIGHMAN
- Is WEIGHMAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WEIGHMAN, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WEIGHMAN worth?
- WEIGHMAN is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WEIGHMAN mean?
- A person employed to weigh goods, especially coal at a mine.
- What letters can be added to WEIGHMAN?
- No single letter can be added to WEIGHMAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of WEIGHMAN:
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