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Bitterwood

b 3i 1t 1t 1e 1r 1w 4o 1o 1d 2

About 3 syllables

noun · 10 letters · Rare

  • Scrabble US & Canada : not valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : not valid
  • Wordle : not valid

What does bitterwood mean?

noun

  1. handsome South American shrub or small tree having bright scarlet flowers and yielding a valuable fine-grained yellowish wood; yields the bitter drug quassia from its wood and bark

    Synonymsquassiaquassia amara

  2. West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia

    Synonymsjamaica quassiapicrasma excelsapicrasma excelsum

  3. medium to large tree of tropical North and South America having odd-pinnate leaves and long panicles of small pale yellow flowers followed by scarlet fruits

    Synonymsparadise treesimarouba glauca

Is BITTERWOOD a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) No
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) No
Wordle (guess list) No

How many points is BITTERWOOD worth?

Scrabble

16 pts
b 3i 1t 1t 1e 1r 1w 4o 1o 1d 2

Words With Friends

17 pts
b 4i 1t 1t 1e 1r 1w 4o 1o 1d 2

Wordfeud

17 pts
b 4i 1t 1t 1e 1r 1w 4o 1o 1d 2

NYT Crossplay

18 pts
b 4i 1t 1t 1e 1r 1w 5o 1o 1d 2

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in BITTERWOOD

Hooks for BITTERWOOD

Add one letter to the front or back of BITTERWOOD to make another word.

Front hooks

None

Back hooks

bitterwoods

Words that end like BITTERWOOD

Common words that share the ending -OOD, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

understoodcottonwoodfatherhoodmotherhoodparenthoodsisterhoodadulthoodbrotherhoodfalsehoodwomanhoodfirewoodmisunderstoodstoodfoodgoodlikelihoodchildhoodbloodfloodmoodwoodknighthoodlivelihoodpriesthood
All words ending in -OOD

Bitterwood: quick answers

Is BITTERWOOD a valid Scrabble word?
Only in Collins. BITTERWOOD is valid in Scrabble outside North America (Collins/SOWPODS) but not in the North American NWL list.
How many points is BITTERWOOD worth?
BITTERWOOD scores 16 points in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends, 17 in Wordfeud and 18 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does bitterwood mean?
As a noun, bitterwood means “handsome South American shrub or small tree having bright scarlet flowers and yielding a valuable fine-grained yellowish wood”. It has 3 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in BITTERWOOD?
You can make 331 shorter words from BITTERWOOD, such as BROWED, BOWED, WOODIER, WROOTED. See the full list.