WIDDERSHINS is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. WIDDERSHINS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WIDDERSHINS?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WIDDERSHINS is to know. It scores 19 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WIDDERSHINS
No single letter turns WIDDERSHINS into another word.
How WIDDERSHINS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in WIDDERSHINS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| d | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so WIDDERSHINS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does WIDDERSHINS mean in Scrabble?
adverb
British
In a direction contrary to the apparent course of the sun, that is, anticlockwise.
Widdershins carries a folk-tale air: walking widdershins around a church or a stone was thought to bring bad luck or call up spirits. It survives mostly in fantasy, folklore and playful writing, as the opposite of deasil.
How WIDDERSHINS is used
Widdershins is used in folklore, fantasy and literary prose for anticlockwise movement.
- The witch circled the fire widdershins.
- Villagers believed it was unlucky to walk widdershins round the church.
- The dancers turned widdershins at the end of the verse.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WIDDERSHINS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in WIDDERSHINS
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Common questions about WIDDERSHINS
- Is WIDDERSHINS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WIDDERSHINS, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WIDDERSHINS worth?
- WIDDERSHINS is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WIDDERSHINS mean?
- In a direction contrary to the apparent course of the sun, that is, anticlockwise.
- What letters can be added to WIDDERSHINS?
- No single letter can be added to WIDDERSHINS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of WIDDERSHINS:
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