Is HORSEWEEDS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, HORSEWEEDS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does HORSEWEEDS mean?
Horseweeds is a form of HORSEWEED.
- noun
erect perennial strong-scented with serrate pointed leaves and a loose panicle of yellowish flowers; the eastern United States
- noun
common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
- Scrabble
- 17
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
- 10
H (4) + O (1) + R (1) + S (1) + E (1) + W (4) + E (1) + E (1) + D (2) + S (1) = 17 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 HORSEWEEDS
HORSEWEEDS 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 HORSEWEEDS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- horseweed16
- reshowed15
- showered15
- shrewed14
- reshows13
- shewers13
- showers13
- shewed13
- showed13
- shrewd13
- whored13
- hewers12
- reshow12
- shewer12
- shower12
- shrews12
- wheres12
- whores12
- dhows12
- hewed12
- dowsers11
- drowses11
- heeders11
- heredes11
- resewed11
- reshoed11
- resowed11
- sewered11
- sheered11
- weeders11
- hewer11
- howes11
- shews11
- shows11
- shrew11
- where11
- whore11
- whose11
- dhow11
- reshoes10
- sheroes10
- dehors10
- doshes10
- dowers10
- dowser10
- dowses10
- drowse10
- heders10
- heeder10
- hordes10
- horsed10
- reshod10
- reweds10
- sherds10
- shored10
- shreds10
- swedes10
- swords10
- weeder10
- hews10
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