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Word Score Checker
Type any word to see its raw point value, letter by letter, in both Scrabble and Words With Friends — handy for settling an argument over which play was actually worth more.
Scrabble
Words With Friends
How word scoring works
Every letter tile in Scrabble and Words With Friends has a fixed point value based on how common and useful that letter is — common letters like E, A and I are worth 1 point, while rare ones like Q, Z and J are worth 10. A word's base score is just the sum of its letters. What this tool shows is that raw total; it doesn't add board bonuses like a double letter, triple letter, double word or triple word square, since those depend entirely on where the word lands on your specific board.
Worked example
Word: ZEPHYR
Scrabble: Z(10) + E(1) + P(3) + H(4) + Y(4) + R(1) = 23
Words With Friends: Z(10) + E(1) + P(4) + H(3) + Y(3) + R(1) = 22
Same word, different total — WWF rates P a point higher and H and Y a point lower than Scrabble does, which is exactly the kind of letter-value mismatch that makes checking a word against the right game's table worth doing before you play it.
Frequently asked questions
- Do Scrabble and Words With Friends use the same letter values?
- No — around half the alphabet is worth a different number of points in each game, including common letters like B, C, G, L, N and U, which is why this tool checks both side by side rather than assuming they match.
- Does this include board bonuses like double word score?
- No — this shows the word's raw letter-value total only, not board multipliers like double letter, triple letter, double word or triple word squares, since those depend on where you play it.
- Does it matter if I type the word in capitals?
- No — capitalisation is ignored, only the letters themselves affect the score.
