WILLYWAW is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. WILLYWAW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WILLYWAW?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WILLYWAW is to know. It scores 20 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WILLYWAW
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
willywawsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WILLYWAW scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in WILLYWAW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 3 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. WILLYWAW needs 1 blank tile.
What stands out about WILLYWAW
- WILLYWAW uses the letter W three times — almost nothing else in the four lists we check does.
- WILLYWAW begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does WILLYWAW mean in Scrabble?
noun
nautical
A sudden violent gust of cold wind, especially one that blows down from a mountainside to the sea.
Sailors in high latitudes, such as the Straits of Magellan, know the willywaw as a squall that strikes without warning. It can heel a boat over in seconds and then die away. The word has an odd sound for something so dangerous.
How WILLYWAW is used
Used in sailing and weather writing about coasts with steep land.
- A willywaw hit the yacht as it rounded the headland.
- The crew lowered the sails before the next willywaw.
- Fishermen in the strait feared the willywaw.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WILLYWAW and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WILLYWAW
1 longer words begin with WILLYWAW.
Shorter words from the letters in WILLYWAW
Common questions about WILLYWAW
- Is WILLYWAW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WILLYWAW, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WILLYWAW worth?
- WILLYWAW is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WILLYWAW mean?
- A sudden violent gust of cold wind, especially one that blows down from a mountainside to the sea.
- What letters can be added to WILLYWAW?
- WILLYWAW takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of WILLYWAW:
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