WIFEHOOD is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. WIFEHOOD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WIFEHOOD?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WIFEHOOD is to know. It scores 18 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WIFEHOOD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
wifehoodsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WIFEHOOD scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in WIFEHOOD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so WIFEHOOD has to be built on the board across turns.
What does WIFEHOOD mean in Scrabble?
noun
formalarchaic
The state or condition of being a wife.
Wifehood treats marriage as a stage of life, in the way childhood and motherhood do. It has an old-fashioned tone and appears in historical or literary writing.
How WIFEHOOD is used
Dated; found in older literature and discussions of social roles.
- She entered wifehood at the age of twenty.
- The novel examines wifehood in Victorian society.
- For her, wifehood meant new duties and new freedom.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WIFEHOOD and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WIFEHOOD
1 longer words begin with WIFEHOOD.
Shorter words from the letters in WIFEHOOD
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Common questions about WIFEHOOD
- Is WIFEHOOD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WIFEHOOD, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WIFEHOOD worth?
- WIFEHOOD is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WIFEHOOD mean?
- The state or condition of being a wife.
- What letters can be added to WIFEHOOD?
- WIFEHOOD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of WIFEHOOD:
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