Is WIDOW a word?
WIDOW is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words With Friends, has 5 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 2 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, WIDOW is a valid word.
What does widow mean?
noun: a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried.
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
WIDOW: word details
- Pronunciation: WIH-doh (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 5 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 12,578 5-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 12 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 12 points on the tiles.
- Wordle: five letters, so WIDOW 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.
Shorter words inside widow
Words you can make from the letters of widow.
Solve a whole rack, not just WIDOW
WIDOW 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 WIDOW mean?
WIDOW is a noun. It means: a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried.
Is WIDOW a valid word?
Yes, WIDOW is a valid word. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 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.