WOODSHED is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. WOODSHED is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WOODSHED?
| 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 WOODSHED is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WOODSHED
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
woodshedsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WOODSHED scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in WOODSHED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| d | 2 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so WOODSHED has to be built on the board across turns.
What does WOODSHED mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small outbuilding where firewood and tools are stored.
A woodshed keeps logs dry through winter and sits near the house. Musicians turned it into a verb meaning to practise alone and intensively, from the idea of retreating there. The phrase taken to the woodshed means a severe scolding.
How WOODSHED is used
Literal in rural life; figurative in music and idiom.
- He stacked the logs in the woodshed.
- The axe hung on a nail inside the woodshed.
- The saxophonist spent the summer in the woodshed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WOODSHED and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WOODSHED
4 longer words begin with WOODSHED.
Shorter words from the letters in WOODSHED
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Common questions about WOODSHED
- Is WOODSHED valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WOODSHED, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WOODSHED worth?
- WOODSHED is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WOODSHED mean?
- A small outbuilding where firewood and tools are stored.
- What letters can be added to WOODSHED?
- WOODSHED takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of WOODSHED:
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