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SCHWA

5 letters, 13 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What SCHWA Means

  1. noun: a neutral middle vowel; occurs in unstressed syllables

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SCHWA is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 C3 H4 W4 A1.

Anagrams of SCHWA (1)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In SCHWA

27 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

4 letter words (9)

3 letter words (12)

2 letter words (6)

Longer Words Containing SCHWA

SCHWA appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.