Is NORTHWARDS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, NORTHWARDS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does NORTHWARDS mean?
- adverb
in a northern direction
“they earn more up north”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
17
Scrabble
17
Words With Friends
10
Letters
N (1) + O (1) + R (1) + T (1) + H (4) + W (4) + A (1) + R (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 NORTHWARDS
NORTHWARDS 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 NORTHWARDS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- northward16
- harrows13
- shadow13
- sandwort12
- harrow12
- rowths12
- swarth12
- thrawn12
- thraws12
- thrown12
- throws12
- whatso12
- whorts12
- worths12
- wraths12
- dhows12
- hadrons11
- onwards11
- towards11
- rowth11
- shawn11
- shown11
- swath11
- thaws11
- thraw11
- throw11
- whats11
- whort11
- worth11
- wrath11
- wroth11
- dhow11
- anthros10
- narrows10
- drowns10
- hadron10
- hoards10
- hondas10
- onward10
- toward10
- haws10
- hows10
- hwan10
- shaw10
- show10
- shwa10
- thaw10
- wash10
- what10
- whoa10
- anthro9
- arrows9
- narrow9
- norths9
- rowans9
- shoran9
- strown9
- thorns9
- torahs9
- adown9
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