WHITETHROAT is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. WHITETHROAT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WHITETHROAT?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WHITETHROAT is to know. It scores 20 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WHITETHROAT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
whitethroatsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WHITETHROAT scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in WHITETHROAT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| h | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 3 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so WHITETHROAT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does WHITETHROAT mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
Any of several small Old World warblers with a white throat, especially the common European species with a grey head.
The whitethroat is a summer visitor to hedgerows and scrub, where it sings in short scratchy bursts from a bramble top. The lesser whitethroat is a separate, shyer relative with a darker cheek patch.
How WHITETHROAT is used
Used in birdwatching in Britain and Europe for warblers seen in hedges and thickets.
- A whitethroat sang from the top of the hawthorn hedge.
- The whitethroat returns from Africa each spring.
- We spotted a whitethroat carrying food to its nest.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WHITETHROAT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WHITETHROAT
1 longer words begin with WHITETHROAT.
Shorter words from the letters in WHITETHROAT
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Common questions about WHITETHROAT
- Is WHITETHROAT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WHITETHROAT, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WHITETHROAT worth?
- WHITETHROAT is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WHITETHROAT mean?
- Any of several small Old World warblers with a white throat, especially the common European species with a grey head.
- What letters can be added to WHITETHROAT?
- WHITETHROAT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of WHITETHROAT:
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