Is SOUTHWESTERLY a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, SOUTHWESTERLY is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 22 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does SOUTHWESTERLY mean?
- adjective
coming from the southwest
“the winds are southwesterly”
- adjective
situated in or oriented toward the southwest
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
22
Scrabble
22
Words With Friends
13
Letters
S (1) + O (1) + U (1) + T (1) + H (4) + W (4) + E (1) + S (1) + T (1) + E (1) + R (1) + L (1) + Y (4) = 22 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 SOUTHWESTERLY
SOUTHWESTERLY 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 SOUTHWESTERLY
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- southwester17
- showery16
- southerly15
- southwest15
- worthless15
- worthy15
- outwrestles14
- eyeshots14
- hostelry14
- outthrew14
- shuteyes14
- thewless14
- thowless14
- welshers14
- westerly14
- whetters14
- whortles14
- hwyls14
- showy14
- thewy14
- wheys14
- outwrestle13
- eyeshot13
- helotry13
- howlers13
- howlets13
- hurleys13
- reshows13
- sheerly13
- shewers13
- shortly13
- showers13
- shuteye13
- shyster13
- sweetly13
- sweltry13
- thyrses13
- thyrsus13
- towhees13
- trowths13
- tushery13
- welsher13
- welshes13
- wethers13
- whereto13
- whetter13
- whortle13
- wuthers13
- yowlers13
- hwyl13
- whey13
- whys13
- hostelers12
- shuttlers12
- throstles12
- truthless12
- urostyles12
- ethyls12
- heresy12
- hewers12
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