WOOD is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. WOOD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WOOD?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WOOD is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WOOD
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WOOD scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in WOOD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 17,505.
What does WOOD mean in Scrabble?
noun
The hard, fibrous material that forms the trunk and branches of a tree.
Wood is widely used to build furniture, houses, and tools because it is strong yet relatively easy to shape. The word can also refer to a small forest or group of growing trees, as in a walk through the wood.
How WOOD is used
Uncountable when referring to the material; countable when meaning a small forest.
- The table was carved from a single piece of wood.
- They gathered wood to build a campfire.
- A path led through the wood to the lake.
- Woods across the valley turned orange in autumn.
- The carpenter chose a hard wood for the cabinet.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WOOD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WOOD
Showing 24 of 182 words that begin with WOOD.
Words ending in WOOD
Showing 24 of 138 words that end in WOOD. Useful as a back hook: play WOOD onto a word already on the board.
Words with WOOD inside
Showing 24 of 146 words that contain WOOD somewhere in the middle. Words that start with WOOD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WOOD
Common questions about WOOD
- Is WOOD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WOOD, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WOOD worth?
- WOOD is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WOOD mean?
- The hard, fibrous material that forms the trunk and branches of a tree.
- What letters can be added to WOOD?
- WOOD takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of WOOD:
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