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
17
Scrabble
16
Words With Friends
10
Letters
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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