WIFE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. WIFE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WIFE?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WIFE is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WIFE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WIFE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in WIFE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does WIFE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A married woman.
Wife once meant any woman at all, which survives inside midwife, fishwife and the phrase about old wives. The narrowing happened before 1400 and left those compounds stranded.
How WIFE is used
Countable; the plural changes the consonant.
- The word wife once meant any woman.
- The wife in midwife means a woman and not a spouse.
- A wife who sold fish gave English the word fishwife.
- The narrowing of wife happened before 1400.
- The phrase about an old wife keeps the older meaning.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WIFE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WIFE
17 longer words begin with WIFE.
Words ending in WIFE
14 words end in WIFE. Useful as a back hook: play WIFE onto a word already on the board.
Words with WIFE inside
23 words contain WIFE in the middle. Words that start with WIFE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WIFE
Common questions about WIFE
- Is WIFE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WIFE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WIFE worth?
- WIFE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WIFE mean?
- A married woman.
- What letters can be added to WIFE?
- WIFE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of WIFE:
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