WET is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. WET is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WET?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WET is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WET
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WET scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in WET, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,123.
What stands out about WET
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 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 WET mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Covered or soaked with liquid.
Wet as a noun in British politics named a particular kind of Conservative in the 1980s — the opposite of dry — and the insult came from a schoolboy sense meaning feeble. The weather use is the oldest and the only one that everybody shares.
How WET is used
Before and after the noun. The comparative is wetter.
- The paint is still wet and will be tomorrow.
- A wet summer costs the farms more than a dry one.
- He was called a wet by people who meant it politically.
- Wet through by the time they reached the gate.
- The word wet meant feeble in a school before it meant anything in politics.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WET and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WET
The 3 tiles of WET in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with WET
Showing 24 of 27 words that begin with WET.
Words ending in WET
6 words end in WET. Useful as a back hook: play WET onto a word already on the board.
Words with WET inside
24 words contain WET in the middle. Words that start with WET are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WET
Common questions about WET
- Is WET valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WET, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WET worth?
- WET is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WET mean?
- Covered or soaked with liquid.
- What letters can be added to WET?
- WET takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of WET:
Open WET in the Word Finder