Scrabble Dictionary

Use our scrabble dictionary lookup to check if your word can be played in scrabble.

Yes, sideways is playable

...and is worth 14 points.

Found in the following dictionaries

Enable (Words with friends)
SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)

"Sideways" Definition

adverb

From one side: a painting lit sideways; sideways pressure.
Toward one side: took a step sideways; a sideways glance.
With the side forward: turned sideways to show the profile; a sideways view.

adverb or adjective

From one side.
With one side forward .
In a lateral direction or downward to one side .

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