WORLD is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. WORLD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WORLD?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WORLD is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WORLD
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WORLD scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WORLD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 49,015.
What does WORLD mean in Scrabble?
noun
The earth and all the people, places, countries, and things that exist on it, considered as a whole.
The word world can also mean a particular area of life or activity, as in the world of finance or the art world, and it can refer to a planet or realm imagined in fiction. English world comes from Old English weorold, built from a root meaning age combined with a word for man, so the term originally suggested the age or lifetime of humankind rather than a physical planet. That older sense still echoes in phrases like the modern world, which point to a period as much as a place.
How WORLD is used
Used both literally for the planet and its inhabitants and figuratively for a sphere of activity or a fictional setting.
- She has traveled to nearly every country in the world.
- The novel builds an entire fantasy world with its own history.
- News from around the world arrives instantly online.
- He works in the competitive world of finance.
- Children see the world differently than adults do.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WORLD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WORLD
21 longer words begin with WORLD.
Words ending in WORLD
12 words end in WORLD. Useful as a back hook: play WORLD onto a word already on the board.
Words with WORLD inside
22 words contain WORLD in the middle. Words that start with WORLD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WORLD
Common questions about WORLD
- Is WORLD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WORLD, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WORLD worth?
- WORLD is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WORLD mean?
- The earth and all the people, places, countries, and things that exist on it, considered as a whole.
- What letters can be added to WORLD?
- WORLD takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WORLD:
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