Is BAWDRIES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, BAWDRIES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 14 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does BAWDRIES mean?
Bawdries is a form of BAWDRY.
- noun
lewd or obscene talk or writing
“it was smoking-room bawdry”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
14
Scrabble
15
Words With Friends
8
Letters
B (3) + A (1) + W (4) + D (2) + R (1) + I (1) + E (1) + S (1) = 14 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for BAWDRIES
BAWDRIES has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from BAWDRIES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- bawdier13
- bawdies13
- brewis11
- bawds11
- abiders10
- braised10
- darbies10
- seabird10
- sidebar10
- dewars10
- waders10
- wadies10
- waired10
- weirds10
- braws10
- brews10
- bawd10
- abider9
- abides9
- ardebs9
- bardes9
- beards9
- biased9
- biders9
- braids9
- breads9
- brides9
- debars9
- debris9
- disbar9
- rebids9
- sabred9
- serdab9
- dewar9
- draws9
- sawed9
- sward9
- wader9
- wades9
- wadis9
- wards9
- wared9
- weird9
- wider9
- wides9
- wired9
- wised9
- wried9
- braw9
- brew9
- swab9
- wabs9
- webs9
- braise8
- rabies8
- abide8
- ardeb8
- barde8
- bards8
- bared8
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