Is TAKEAWAY a word?
TAKEAWAY is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words With Friends, has 8 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, TAKEAWAY is a valid word.
What does takeaway mean?
noun: prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises.
“in England they call takeout food `takeaway'”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
TAKEAWAY: word details
- Pronunciation: TAY-kuh-way (approx., 3 syllables)
- Length: 8 letters, a long word. It is one of 40,530 8-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 18 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 17 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside takeaway
Words you can make from the letters of takeaway.
Solve a whole rack, not just TAKEAWAY
TAKEAWAY is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does TAKEAWAY mean?
TAKEAWAY is a noun. It means: prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises.
Is TAKEAWAY a valid word?
Yes, TAKEAWAY is a valid word. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.