WORSE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. WORSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WORSE?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WORSE is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WORSE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WORSE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WORSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 16,338.
What stands out about WORSE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 6 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does WORSE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
The comparative form of bad and ill, describing something of lower quality, more unpleasant, more severe or in a more unfavourable condition than something else.
Worse always compares two things directly, so a situation described as worse than yesterday is being measured against a specific earlier point rather than judged in isolation, unlike the plain adjective bad. English also uses worse as an adverb, as in he played worse in the second half, and as a noun in phrases such as worse was to come, extending its role beyond a simple adjective. The fixed phrase for better or for worse captures both directions of change within a single expression, often used in wedding vows and more loosely to accept whatever outcome follows. Speakers sometimes intensify the comparison with far worse or much worse when an ordinary worse feels too mild for the contrast being drawn.
How WORSE is used
Extremely common in everyday speech and writing wherever two situations, conditions or qualities are being compared unfavourably.
- The traffic was worse than usual this morning.
- Her cough sounded worse by evening.
- Things could always be worse, he reminded himself.
- The second draft read far worse than the first.
- Nothing is worse than waiting for bad news.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WORSE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WORSE
The 5 tiles of WORSE in a different order — 6 found.
Words starting with WORSE
12 longer words begin with WORSE.
Words with WORSE inside
1 words contain WORSE in the middle. Words that start with WORSE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WORSE
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Common questions about WORSE
- Is WORSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WORSE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WORSE worth?
- WORSE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WORSE mean?
- The comparative form of bad and ill, describing something of lower quality, more unpleasant, more severe or in a more unfavourable condition than something else.
- What letters can be added to WORSE?
- WORSE takes 5 hooks: 0 in front and 5 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WORSE:
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