WOODRUFF is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. WOODRUFF is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WOODRUFF?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WOODRUFF is to know. It scores 18 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WOODRUFF
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
woodruffsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WOODRUFF scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in WOODRUFF, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so WOODRUFF has to be built on the board across turns.
What does WOODRUFF mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A low woodland plant with whorled leaves and small white flowers whose dried leaves smell of new hay.
Woodruff grows in shade and spreads as ground cover. Its sweet scent has made it useful in sachets, and it flavours drinks such as German May wine.
How WOODRUFF is used
Used in gardening, cooking and botany.
- Woodruff carpeted the floor of the beech wood.
- She dried woodruff to scent the linen cupboard.
- The punch was flavoured with fresh woodruff.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WOODRUFF and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WOODRUFF
1 longer words begin with WOODRUFF.
Shorter words from the letters in WOODRUFF
Showing 40 of 60. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about WOODRUFF
- Is WOODRUFF valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WOODRUFF, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WOODRUFF worth?
- WOODRUFF is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WOODRUFF mean?
- A low woodland plant with whorled leaves and small white flowers whose dried leaves smell of new hay.
- What letters can be added to WOODRUFF?
- WOODRUFF takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of WOODRUFF:
Open WOODRUFF in the Word Finder