WOE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. WOE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WOE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WOE is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WOE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
woesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WOE scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in WOE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 842.
What does WOE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Great sorrow or distress.
Woe is a word English keeps almost entirely for effect: nobody uses it plainly, and it survives in woe betide and in a tale of woe. The exclamation woe is me is older than it sounds and is grammatically odd in a way nobody notices.
How WOE is used
Uncountable and countable: woe, woes. Chiefly literary.
- A tale of woe and a request for money.
- Woe betide anybody who moves that chair.
- The company listed its woes and blamed the weather.
- Woe is me is grammatically stranger than it looks.
- The word woe is used for effect and never plainly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WOE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WOE
The 3 tiles of WOE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with WOE
13 longer words begin with WOE.
Words with WOE inside
2 words contain WOE in the middle. Words that start with WOE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WOE
Common questions about WOE
- Is WOE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WOE, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WOE worth?
- WOE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WOE mean?
- Great sorrow or distress.
- What letters can be added to WOE?
- WOE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of WOE:
Open WOE in the Word Finder