ZERO is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. ZERO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ZERO?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZERO is to know. It scores 13 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZERO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
zerosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ZERO scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ZERO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,808.
What does ZERO mean in Scrabble?
noun
The figure 0; the absence of quantity.
Zero reached English through Italian from Arabic, and the same Arabic word produced cipher by an entirely different route. Europe resisted the idea of a symbol for nothing for centuries after the notation itself arrived.
How ZERO is used
Countable: a zero, two zeros or zeroes.
- A zero at the end of a figure changes everything.
- The word zero and the word cipher share one Arabic root.
- Europe resisted zero for centuries after meeting it.
- Two zeros were dropped and nobody checked.
- Zero as a temperature means different things in two scales.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZERO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ZERO
5 longer words begin with ZERO.
Words ending in ZERO
3 words end in ZERO. Useful as a back hook: play ZERO onto a word already on the board.
Words with ZERO inside
7 words contain ZERO in the middle. Words that start with ZERO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ZERO
Common questions about ZERO
- Is ZERO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZERO, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ZERO worth?
- ZERO is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZERO mean?
- The figure 0; the absence of quantity.
- What letters can be added to ZERO?
- ZERO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ZERO:
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