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Sourwood

Q: What does sourwood mean?

As a noun, sourwood means “deciduous shrubby tree of eastern North America having deeply fissured bark and sprays of small fragrant white flowers and sour-tasting leaves”.

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About 2 syllables

noun · 8 letters · Uncommon

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

What does sourwood mean?

noun

deciduous shrubby tree of eastern North America having deeply fissured bark and sprays of small fragrant white flowers and sour-tasting leaves
Synonymssorrel treetitioxydendrum arboreum

Is SOURWOOD a valid word?

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

How many points is SOURWOOD worth?

Scrabble

12 pts

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Words With Friends

13 pts

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Wordfeud

13 pts

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NYT Crossplay

14 pts

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

Words from the letters in SOURWOOD

Best shorter words top 30 of 83

drows 9 sword 9 woods 9 words 9 dows 8 drow 8 odorous 8 wood 8 word 8 wuds 8 dow 7 odours 7 rows 7 woos 7 wud 7 doors 6 duros 6 odors 6 odour 6 ordos 6 roods 6 row 6 sordo 6 sow 6 sudor 6 woo 6 wos 6 wus 6 door 5 doos 5

See all 83 words made from SOURWOOD

Hooks for SOURWOOD

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

Front hooks

None

Back hooks

sourwoods

Words that end like SOURWOOD

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.

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All words ending in -OOD

Sourwood: quick answers

Is SOURWOOD a valid Scrabble word?

Yes. SOURWOOD is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 12 points before board bonuses.

How many points is SOURWOOD worth?

SOURWOOD scores 12 points in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends, 13 in Wordfeud and 14 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.

What does sourwood mean?

As a noun, sourwood means “deciduous shrubby tree of eastern North America having deeply fissured bark and sprays of small fragrant white flowers and sour-tasting leaves”.

What words can you make with the letters in SOURWOOD?

You can make 83 shorter words from SOURWOOD, such as DROWS, SWORD, WOODS, WORDS. See the full list.