WOMANISH is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. WOMANISH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WOMANISH?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WOMANISH is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WOMANISH
No single letter turns WOMANISH into another word.
How WOMANISH scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in WOMANISH, 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 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so WOMANISH has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about WOMANISH
- All 8 letters of WOMANISH are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does WOMANISH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaic
Having qualities traditionally linked with women, often said disapprovingly of a man.
In older writing womanish carried a sneer, used to call a man soft or unmanly. Used neutrally it can simply mean suited to a woman. Today the word is considered dated and often offensive in the first sense.
How WOMANISH is used
Dated; usually appears in older literature.
- The old novel called his tears womanish.
- She wore a womanish bonnet of lace.
- Critics once dismissed the style as womanish.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WOMANISH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WOMANISH
3 longer words begin with WOMANISH.
Shorter words from the letters in WOMANISH
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Common questions about WOMANISH
- Is WOMANISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WOMANISH, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WOMANISH worth?
- WOMANISH is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WOMANISH mean?
- Having qualities traditionally linked with women, often said disapprovingly of a man.
- What letters can be added to WOMANISH?
- No single letter can be added to WOMANISH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of WOMANISH:
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