WORKINGMAN is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. WORKINGMAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 24 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WORKINGMAN?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WORKINGMAN is to know. It scores 20 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WORKINGMAN
No single letter turns WORKINGMAN into another word.
How WORKINGMAN scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in WORKINGMAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so WORKINGMAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does WORKINGMAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A man who earns his living by manual or industrial labour.
In older speeches and newspapers the workingman stands for the ordinary labourer, whose wages and rights were a political cause. Modern usage prefers working person or worker.
How WORKINGMAN is used
Dated and gendered; mostly seen in historical writing and in phrases such as workingman's club.
- The union fought for the rights of the workingman.
- A workingman's wage did not go far in those years.
- He was proud to be an honest workingman.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WORKINGMAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in WORKINGMAN
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Common questions about WORKINGMAN
- Is WORKINGMAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WORKINGMAN, where it scores 24 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WORKINGMAN worth?
- WORKINGMAN is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WORKINGMAN mean?
- A man who earns his living by manual or industrial labour.
- What letters can be added to WORKINGMAN?
- No single letter can be added to WORKINGMAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of WORKINGMAN:
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