WOMAN is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. WOMAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WOMAN?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WOMAN is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WOMAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
womansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WOMAN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WOMAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does WOMAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
An adult human female.
Woman is the everyday word for an adult female person, distinguished from girl by age and from man by sex. The word appears constantly across ordinary speech, law, medicine and literature, and it also forms part of many compounds such as businesswoman or spokeswoman, where it marks the sex of the role being named. Its irregular plural, formed by changing the vowel rather than adding a simple ending, sets it apart from most other English nouns.
How WOMAN is used
One of the most common nouns in English, used both alone and as the second element of many compound job titles.
- The woman at the counter answered every question patiently.
- She grew from a girl into a confident young woman.
- A woman in the front row raised her hand to ask a question.
- The panel praised her as an outstanding woman leader in the field.
- He greeted the elderly woman with a warm smile.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WOMAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WOMAN
Showing 24 of 43 words that begin with WOMAN.
Words ending in WOMAN
Showing 24 of 102 words that end in WOMAN. Useful as a back hook: play WOMAN onto a word already on the board.
Words with WOMAN inside
10 words contain WOMAN in the middle. Words that start with WOMAN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WOMAN
Common questions about WOMAN
- Is WOMAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WOMAN, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WOMAN worth?
- WOMAN is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WOMAN mean?
- An adult human female.
- What letters can be added to WOMAN?
- WOMAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WOMAN:
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