WHIPSAW is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. WHIPSAW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WHIPSAW?
| 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: 59 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WHIPSAW is to know. It scores 18 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WHIPSAW
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WHIPSAW scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in WHIPSAW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 2 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 12,352 thousand.
What stands out about WHIPSAW
- WHIPSAW begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does WHIPSAW mean in Scrabble?
noun
A saw with a narrow blade and a handle at each end, used by two people, or the act of being squeezed by two opposing pressures.
The whipsaw is an old tool for cutting logs into boards. As a verb it describes being pulled in two directions at once, as when a market jumps up and then falls and leaves traders with losses.
How WHIPSAW is used
Used for the tool and, figuratively, for double pressure like a whipsaw.
- Two men pulled the whipsaw through the log.
- Traders were whipsaw victims when prices swung back and forth.
- Small firms were caught in a whipsaw between rising costs and falling sales.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WHIPSAW and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WHIPSAW
4 longer words begin with WHIPSAW.
Shorter words from the letters in WHIPSAW
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Common questions about WHIPSAW
- Is WHIPSAW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WHIPSAW, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WHIPSAW worth?
- WHIPSAW is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WHIPSAW mean?
- A saw with a narrow blade and a handle at each end, used by two people, or the act of being squeezed by two opposing pressures.
- What letters can be added to WHIPSAW?
- WHIPSAW takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of WHIPSAW:
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