Is LEATHERWOODS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, LEATHERWOODS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 19 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does LEATHERWOODS mean?
Leatherwoods is a form of LEATHERWOOD.
- noun
shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West Indies and Brazil; grown for the slender racemes of white flowers and orange and crimson foliage
- noun
deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
19
Scrabble
19
Words With Friends
12
Letters
L (1) + E (1) + A (1) + T (1) + H (4) + E (1) + R (1) + W (4) + O (1) + O (1) + D (2) + S (1) = 19 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 LEATHERWOODS
LEATHERWOODS 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 LEATHERWOODS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- leatherwood18
- shelterwood18
- heartwoods17
- harewoods16
- heartwood16
- watershed16
- harewood15
- reshowed15
- rewashed15
- roadshow15
- shadower15
- showered15
- towheads15
- woolshed15
- wreathed15
- weathers14
- whortles14
- woolhats14
- wreathes14
- shawled14
- shrewed14
- swathed14
- thrawed14
- towhead14
- welshed14
- whorled14
- wooshed14
- worthed14
- wrathed14
- holstered13
- latewoods13
- leadworts13
- slathered13
- toolheads13
- howlers13
- howlets13
- swather13
- thawers13
- towhees13
- wealths13
- weather13
- welsher13
- wethers13
- whalers13
- whereas13
- whereat13
- whereto13
- whortle13
- woolhat13
- wreathe13
- wreaths13
- howled13
- shadow13
- shawed13
- shewed13
- showed13
- shrewd13
- thawed13
- washed13
- whaled13
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