WRECK is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. WRECK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WRECK?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WRECK is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WRECK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
wrecksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WRECK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WRECK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 261,415.
What does WRECK mean in Scrabble?
noun
The remains of a ship, vehicle or structure that has been destroyed or badly damaged, or a person left exhausted or ruined.
A wreck is what remains after a ship sinks, a car crashes, or a building collapses, and the word is used both for the physical debris and for the event of destruction itself. Divers explore sunken wrecks on the ocean floor, while news reports describe the wreck of a car after an accident. The word extends easily to people, so someone exhausted, ill or emotionally overwhelmed is often described as a nervous wreck or simply a wreck. Wreck also works as a verb, meaning to destroy or ruin something, showing how closely the noun and verb senses stay connected.
How WRECK is used
A very common word, used literally for destroyed ships or vehicles and figuratively for an exhausted or ruined person.
- Divers explored the wreck lying on the seabed.
- The wreck of the old car still sat by the highway.
- After the exams she felt like a complete wreck.
- Firefighters pulled the driver from the wreck.
- The storm left the ship a total wreck on the rocks.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WRECK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WRECK
13 longer words begin with WRECK.
Words ending in WRECK
1 words end in WRECK. Useful as a back hook: play WRECK onto a word already on the board.
Words with WRECK inside
3 words contain WRECK in the middle. Words that start with WRECK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WRECK
Common questions about WRECK
- Is WRECK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WRECK, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WRECK worth?
- WRECK is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WRECK mean?
- The remains of a ship, vehicle or structure that has been destroyed or badly damaged, or a person left exhausted or ruined.
- What letters can be added to WRECK?
- WRECK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WRECK:
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