WHILOM is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. WHILOM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WHILOM?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WHILOM is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WHILOM
No single letter turns WHILOM into another word.
How WHILOM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in WHILOM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 517,384.
What does WHILOM mean in Scrabble?
adverb
archaic
At a former time; once, or in the past.
Whilom is an old word that now turns up mainly in poetry or in deliberately antique prose. It can also act as an adjective meaning former, as in a whilom friend.
How WHILOM is used
Whilom is archaic and is found in verse or mock-old writing.
- A whilom king lived in that tower.
- The poem tells of a knight whilom famous in the land.
- Her whilom friend now passed her without a word.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WHILOM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in WHILOM
Common questions about WHILOM
- Is WHILOM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WHILOM, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WHILOM worth?
- WHILOM is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WHILOM mean?
- At a former time; once, or in the past.
- What letters can be added to WHILOM?
- No single letter can be added to WHILOM to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of WHILOM:
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