WOEFUL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. WOEFUL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WOEFUL?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WOEFUL is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WOEFUL
No single letter turns WOEFUL into another word.
How WOEFUL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in WOEFUL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 194,019.
What does WOEFUL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Full of sorrow, or so poor in quality as to be deplorable.
Woeful has two uses that sit close together. It can describe a person or a tale full of grief, as in a woeful face, and in modern speech it more often scolds something very bad, such as a woeful performance. The root is woe, the old English word for deep distress.
How WOEFUL is used
Both senses are current; the second is common in everyday and sports talk.
- The child told a woeful story of lost toys.
- Their defending was woeful all afternoon.
- He wore a woeful look as the rain began.
- The report found the state of the roads woeful.
- A woeful song drifted from the empty hall.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WOEFUL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WOEFUL
5 longer words begin with WOEFUL.
Shorter words from the letters in WOEFUL
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Common questions about WOEFUL
- Is WOEFUL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WOEFUL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WOEFUL worth?
- WOEFUL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WOEFUL mean?
- Full of sorrow, or so poor in quality as to be deplorable.
- What letters can be added to WOEFUL?
- No single letter can be added to WOEFUL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of WOEFUL:
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