WHORESON is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. WHORESON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WHORESON?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WHORESON is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WHORESON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
whoresonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WHORESON scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in WHORESON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so WHORESON has to be built on the board across turns.
What does WHORESON mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicoffensive
An old term of contempt for a worthless or hateful person.
Whoreson turns up in Shakespeare and other early plays, where characters hurl it in anger or sometimes in rough jest. It is not used in polite modern speech.
How WHORESON is used
Archaic and offensive; found in historical drama and literature.
- The knight cursed the whoreson who had stolen his purse.
- In the play, the servant is called a whoreson villain.
- Editors often explain whoreson in a footnote.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WHORESON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WHORESON
1 longer words begin with WHORESON.
Shorter words from the letters in WHORESON
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Common questions about WHORESON
- Is WHORESON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WHORESON, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WHORESON worth?
- WHORESON is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WHORESON mean?
- An old term of contempt for a worthless or hateful person.
- What letters can be added to WHORESON?
- WHORESON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of WHORESON:
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