WORM is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. WORM 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 WORM?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WORM is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WORM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WORM scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in WORM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 20,423.
What does WORM mean in Scrabble?
noun
A long soft-bodied invertebrate without limbs.
Worm once covered snakes and dragons as well, which is why old poetry gives dragons that name without irony. Computing took the word in 1975 for a program that spreads by itself.
How WORM is used
Countable. Also a verb: wormed, worms.
- A worm turns the soil more thoroughly than any tool.
- The word worm once covered dragons as well.
- Two worms in the same spadeful.
- Computing took worm in 1975.
- They wormed the dog in the spring.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WORM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WORM
Showing 24 of 33 words that begin with WORM.
Words ending in WORM
Showing 24 of 73 words that end in WORM. Useful as a back hook: play WORM onto a word already on the board.
Words with WORM inside
Showing 24 of 80 words that contain WORM somewhere in the middle. Words that start with WORM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WORM
Common questions about WORM
- Is WORM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WORM, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WORM worth?
- WORM is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WORM mean?
- A long soft-bodied invertebrate without limbs.
- What letters can be added to WORM?
- WORM takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of WORM:
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