Is THROW a word?
THROW is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words With Friends, has 5 letters, and can be rearranged into 4 other words, plus 18 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, THROW is a valid word.
What does throw mean?
noun: the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist).
“the catcher made a good throw to second base”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
THROW: word details
- Pronunciation: THROH (approx., 1 syllable)
- Length: 5 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 12,578 5-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 11 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 10 points on the tiles.
- Wordle: five letters, so THROW works as a Wordle guess or answer.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Anagrams of throw
Shorter words inside throw
Words you can make from the letters of throw.
Solve a whole rack, not just THROW
THROW 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 THROW mean?
THROW is a noun. It means: the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist).
Is THROW a valid word?
Yes, THROW is a valid word. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 10 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.