WHEREAS is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. WHEREAS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WHEREAS?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WHEREAS is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WHEREAS
No single letter turns WHEREAS into another word.
How WHEREAS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in WHEREAS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 280,716.
What does WHEREAS mean in Scrabble?
conjunction
Used to compare two facts and show how they differ.
Whereas joins two clauses that contrast, often in careful writing, and a speaker could replace it with while. Legal documents also begin their preamble with whereas to state the background facts.
How WHEREAS is used
Whereas introduces a contrast and is more formal than but.
- My sister loves cities, whereas I prefer the countryside.
- Whereas the first plan failed, the second succeeded.
- The old model was slow, whereas the new one is fast.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WHEREAS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WHEREAS
1 longer words begin with WHEREAS.
Shorter words from the letters in WHEREAS
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Common questions about WHEREAS
- Is WHEREAS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WHEREAS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WHEREAS worth?
- WHEREAS is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WHEREAS mean?
- Used to compare two facts and show how they differ.
- What letters can be added to WHEREAS?
- No single letter can be added to WHEREAS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of WHEREAS:
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