WOESOME is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. WOESOME is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WOESOME?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WOESOME is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WOESOME
No single letter turns WOESOME into another word.
How WOESOME scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in WOESOME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 541,381.
What does WOESOME mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaicrare
Full of woe; sorrowful or miserable.
Woesome is a rare and old-fashioned relative of "woeful". It suggests deep sadness or a grim state of affairs, and now sounds poetic or deliberately antique.
How WOESOME is used
Archaic; found in poetry and old texts.
- The prisoner told a woesome tale of hunger and cold.
- A woesome silence fell over the field after the battle.
- She sang a woesome ballad about lost love.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WOESOME and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in WOESOME
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Common questions about WOESOME
- Is WOESOME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WOESOME, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WOESOME worth?
- WOESOME is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WOESOME mean?
- Full of woe; sorrowful or miserable.
- What letters can be added to WOESOME?
- No single letter can be added to WOESOME to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of WOESOME:
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