WORKS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. WORKS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WORKS?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WORKS is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WORKS
No single letter turns WORKS into another word.
How WORKS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WORKS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 196,061.
What does WORKS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The internal moving parts of a mechanism, or a factory or site where an industrial process is carried out.
Inside a clock or a watch, the works are the cogs, springs and levers that make the hands move, and a repairer who opens the case is said to be looking at the works. On a larger scale, works also names an industrial site, so a town built around heavy industry might speak simply of the works when everyone knows which factory is meant. The word is a plural form used with a singular sense in both cases, and it rarely appears in the singular as work would. It also turns up as the second element of compounds such as ironworks and gasworks, naming the same kind of industrial site.
How WORKS is used
Chiefly used to mean either a machine's internal mechanism or a factory site, and treated as singular in sense despite its plural form.
- The jeweler opened the case to clean the works of the watch.
- Half the town found employment at the works by the river.
- The old works closed down after the mine ran dry.
- Sand had jammed the works of the music box.
- The council debated what to do with the derelict works on the edge of town.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WORKS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WORKS
19 longer words begin with WORKS.
Words ending in WORKS
Showing 24 of 183 words that end in WORKS. Useful as a back hook: play WORKS onto a word already on the board.
Words with WORKS inside
1 words contain WORKS in the middle. Words that start with WORKS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WORKS
Common questions about WORKS
- Is WORKS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WORKS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WORKS worth?
- WORKS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WORKS mean?
- The internal moving parts of a mechanism, or a factory or site where an industrial process is carried out.
- What letters can be added to WORKS?
- No single letter can be added to WORKS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WORKS:
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