WHITEWING is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. WHITEWING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WHITEWING?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WHITEWING is to know. It scores 19 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WHITEWING
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
whitewingsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WHITEWING scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in WHITEWING, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 2 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so WHITEWING has to be built on the board across turns.
What does WHITEWING mean in Scrabble?
noun
Any of several birds marked by a conspicuous white patch or band on the wing, such as a chaffinch or a kind of dove.
The name is a descriptive label that different regions attach to different birds. In North America a whitewing is usually the white-winged dove of the south, whereas older British usage points to the chaffinch.
How WHITEWING is used
Chiefly a bird-watching and regional term; context decides which bird is meant.
- A whitewing perched on the cactus and called at dawn.
- Hunters in Texas still talk about the whitewing season each autumn.
- The old gardener called every chaffinch a whitewing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WHITEWING and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WHITEWING
1 longer words begin with WHITEWING.
Shorter words from the letters in WHITEWING
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Common questions about WHITEWING
- Is WHITEWING valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WHITEWING, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WHITEWING worth?
- WHITEWING is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WHITEWING mean?
- Any of several birds marked by a conspicuous white patch or band on the wing, such as a chaffinch or a kind of dove.
- What letters can be added to WHITEWING?
- WHITEWING takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of WHITEWING:
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