WITHERSHINS is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. WITHERSHINS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WITHERSHINS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WITHERSHINS is to know. It scores 20 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WITHERSHINS
No single letter turns WITHERSHINS into another word.
How WITHERSHINS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in WITHERSHINS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so WITHERSHINS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does WITHERSHINS mean in Scrabble?
adverb
Scotsliterary
In a direction opposite to the sun's apparent course, which is anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere.
Withershins carries an air of ill luck, because old custom held that moving against the sun invited misfortune. Folklore and fantasy novels use it for walking round a stone or church the wrong way.
How WITHERSHINS is used
Found in folklore, fantasy and Scottish writing; the spelling widdershins is more common.
- The witches danced withershins around the standing stone.
- He circled the well withershins to break the charm.
- Walking withershins round the church was said to call up the devil.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WITHERSHINS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in WITHERSHINS
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Common questions about WITHERSHINS
- Is WITHERSHINS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WITHERSHINS, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WITHERSHINS worth?
- WITHERSHINS is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WITHERSHINS mean?
- In a direction opposite to the sun's apparent course, which is anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere.
- What letters can be added to WITHERSHINS?
- No single letter can be added to WITHERSHINS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of WITHERSHINS:
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