WOULD is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. WOULD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WOULD?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WOULD is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WOULD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
wouldsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WOULD scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WOULD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 73,523.
What does WOULD mean in Scrabble?
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A word used with a verb to talk about imagined situations, past habits, polite requests, or what someone predicted would happen.
Would functions as the past-tense partner of will and shifts meaning with context: after if, it marks a hypothetical result, as in I would go if I had time; on its own it can describe something that regularly happened in the past, as in he would visit every summer. Would also softens a request, making it sound more polite than a plain command, and it appears in reported speech to show what someone said would occur in the future.
How WOULD is used
Common in conditional sentences, polite requests, and descriptions of repeated past actions.
- Would you please close the door?
- She said she would call as soon as she landed.
- If he studied harder, he would pass the exam.
- Every winter they would build a snowman together.
- I would rather stay home tonight.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WOULD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WOULD
3 longer words begin with WOULD.
Shorter words from the letters in WOULD
Common questions about WOULD
- Is WOULD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WOULD, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WOULD worth?
- WOULD is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WOULD mean?
- A word used with a verb to talk about imagined situations, past habits, polite requests, or what someone predicted would happen.
- What letters can be added to WOULD?
- WOULD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WOULD:
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