WIDEN is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. WIDEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WIDEN?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WIDEN is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WIDEN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
widensChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WIDEN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WIDEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about WIDEN
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does WIDEN mean in Scrabble?
verb
To make or become wider; to increase in breadth, scope, or extent.
To widen something is to increase the distance across it, as when road crews widen a highway to add extra lanes or a tailor widens a waistband for a better fit. The word extends easily beyond physical width, so that a gap between opinions can widen, an investigation can widen to include new suspects, and a smile can widen across someone's face. Because widen pairs so naturally with both literal measurements and abstract ranges, it appears constantly in news writing about growing problems, spreading effects, or expanding scope. Its opposite, narrow, marks the same kind of change happening in reverse.
How WIDEN is used
Widen is a common everyday verb, used both literally for physical width and figuratively for growing gaps, scope, or ranges.
- The city plans to widen the main road next year.
- Her eyes widened in surprise at the news.
- The investigation widened to include several other companies.
- A smile slowly widened across his face.
- They widened the doorway to fit the new furniture through.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WIDEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WIDEN
The 5 tiles of WIDEN in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with WIDEN
8 longer words begin with WIDEN.
Words ending in WIDEN
1 words end in WIDEN. Useful as a back hook: play WIDEN onto a word already on the board.
Words with WIDEN inside
3 words contain WIDEN in the middle. Words that start with WIDEN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WIDEN
Common questions about WIDEN
- Is WIDEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WIDEN, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WIDEN worth?
- WIDEN is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WIDEN mean?
- To make or become wider; to increase in breadth, scope, or extent.
- What letters can be added to WIDEN?
- WIDEN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WIDEN:
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