WIFEDOM is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. WIFEDOM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WIFEDOM?
| 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: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WIFEDOM is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WIFEDOM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
wifedomsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WIFEDOM scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in WIFEDOM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 578,977.
What does WIFEDOM mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
The state or condition of being a wife.
Wifedom is a rare, slightly old word that puts the whole role of a married woman into one noun. It also had an older sense of wives as a group, and writers about marriage customs still reach for it.
How WIFEDOM is used
Wifedom appears in literary or historical writing about marriage.
- She entered wifedom at nineteen.
- The novel examines the burdens of wifedom in the last century.
- Wifedom was once the only career open to her.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WIFEDOM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WIFEDOM
1 longer words begin with WIFEDOM.
Shorter words from the letters in WIFEDOM
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Common questions about WIFEDOM
- Is WIFEDOM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WIFEDOM, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WIFEDOM worth?
- WIFEDOM is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WIFEDOM mean?
- The state or condition of being a wife.
- What letters can be added to WIFEDOM?
- WIFEDOM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of WIFEDOM:
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