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Western

w 4e 1s 1t 1e 1r 1n 1

About 2 syllables

noun · adjective · 7 letters · Very common

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

What does western mean?

noun

  1. a film about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development

    Synonymshorse opera

  2. a sandwich made from a western omelet

    Synonymswestern sandwich

adjective

  1. relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts

    “the western world”

  2. of or characteristic of regions of the United States west of the Mississippi River

    “a Western ranch”

  3. lying toward or situated in the west

    “our company's western office”

  4. of wind; from the west

    Synonymswesterly

Is WESTERN a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
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 WESTERN worth?

Scrabble

10 pts
w 4e 1s 1t 1e 1r 1n 1

Words With Friends

11 pts
w 4e 1s 1t 1e 1r 1n 2

Wordfeud

10 pts
w 4e 1s 1t 1e 1r 1n 1

NYT Crossplay

11 pts
w 5e 1s 1t 1e 1r 1n 1

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

Words from the letters in WESTERN

Hooks for WESTERN

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

Front hooks

None

Back hooks

westerns

Words that end like WESTERN

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

concernpatternmodernsoutherneasterngovernnortherncisterndiscernlanternlecterncaverninterntavernsternfernnortheasternsoutheasternnorthwesternsouthwestern
All words ending in -ERN

Western: quick answers

Is WESTERN a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. WESTERN is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 10 points before board bonuses.
How many points is WESTERN worth?
WESTERN scores 10 points in Scrabble, 11 in Words With Friends, 10 in Wordfeud and 11 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does western mean?
As a noun, western means “a film about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development”. It has 6 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in WESTERN?
You can make 165 shorter words from WESTERN, such as NEWEST, RENEWS, RESEWN, REWETS. See the full list.