WHALEMAN is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. WHALEMAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WHALEMAN?
| 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 WHALEMAN is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WHALEMAN
No single letter turns WHALEMAN into another word.
How WHALEMAN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in WHALEMAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so WHALEMAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does WHALEMAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A man who works on a ship or in an industry that hunts whales.
Whaleman belongs to the age of sail, when crews spent years at sea chasing whales for oil. It is a near synonym of whaler, though whaler can also mean the ship itself. Modern writers use it mostly in historical accounts.
How WHALEMAN is used
Used in historical writing about the whaling trade.
- The old whaleman told stories of the Pacific.
- Every whaleman on board feared the storm.
- A whaleman earned a share of the catch.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WHALEMAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in WHALEMAN
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Common questions about WHALEMAN
- Is WHALEMAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WHALEMAN, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WHALEMAN worth?
- WHALEMAN is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WHALEMAN mean?
- A man who works on a ship or in an industry that hunts whales.
- What letters can be added to WHALEMAN?
- No single letter can be added to WHALEMAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of WHALEMAN:
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