WOODY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. WOODY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WOODY?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WOODY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WOODY
No single letter turns WOODY into another word.
How WOODY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WOODY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 168,053.
What does WOODY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Made of, resembling, or having the qualities of wood, such as a hard, fibrous texture, or a rich, wood-like flavor or aroma.
Woody most directly describes plants and stems that have developed hard, fibrous tissue rather than remaining soft and green, distinguishing trees and shrubs from herbaceous plants in botany. The word extends easily to flavor and aroma, so wine tasters and cooks describe a woody note in a red wine or a herb that has become woody and tough with age. In everyday speech, a woody hillside or a woody area simply means one covered in trees. Across these uses, woody always points back to some quality directly associated with wood itself, whether texture, taste or setting.
How WOODY is used
Used in botany to describe plant tissue, and more generally of taste, aroma or wooded landscape.
- The rosemary stems had grown too woody to use in the dish.
- The wine had a rich, woody finish that lingered on the tongue.
- They hiked through a woody area at the edge of the park.
- Older asparagus spears can turn woody and tough.
- The shrub's woody base survived the harsh winter.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WOODY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WOODY
2 longer words begin with WOODY.
Words ending in WOODY
1 words end in WOODY. Useful as a back hook: play WOODY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in WOODY
Common questions about WOODY
- Is WOODY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WOODY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WOODY worth?
- WOODY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WOODY mean?
- Made of, resembling, or having the qualities of wood, such as a hard, fibrous texture, or a rich, wood-like flavor or aroma.
- What letters can be added to WOODY?
- No single letter can be added to WOODY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WOODY:
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