Is WESTWARDS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, WESTWARDS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 16 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does WESTWARDS mean?
- adverb
toward the west
“they traveled westward toward the setting sun”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
16
Scrabble
16
Words With Friends
9
Letters
W (4) + E (1) + S (1) + T (1) + W (4) + A (1) + R (1) + D (2) + S (1) = 16 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 WESTWARDS
WESTWARDS 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 WESTWARDS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- westward15
- stewards12
- steward11
- strawed11
- wadsets11
- wasters10
- dewars10
- swards10
- tawsed10
- waders10
- wadset10
- warted10
- wasted10
- waws10
- rawest9
- resaws9
- sawers9
- sewars9
- straws9
- strews9
- swears9
- sweats9
- tawers9
- tawses9
- waster9
- wastes9
- waters9
- wrasse9
- wrests9
- dawts9
- dewar9
- draws9
- sawed9
- sward9
- tawed9
- wader9
- wades9
- wards9
- wared9
- waw9
- resaw8
- sawer8
- sewar8
- stews8
- straw8
- strew8
- sware8
- swart8
- swats8
- swear8
- sweat8
- tawer8
- tawse8
- trews8
- twaes8
- wares8
- warts8
- waste8
- wasts8
- water8
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