Scrabble Word Scorer API

About the Scrabble Word Scorer API

Scrabble Word Scorer works by analyzing each letter in the word and assigning points based on official Scrabble letter values for the specified language. Returns total score, letter breakdown, highest scoring letter, and average letter score.

What people use it for

Game Development

Integrate Scrabble scoring into word game applications and puzzles

Word Analysis

Analyze word values and letter distribution for game strategy and optimization

Educational Tools

Create learning tools for teaching Scrabble and word game strategies

Score Verification

Verify Scrabble scores during gameplay across multiple language variants

Ways to call it

One endpoint, many ways in — REST with JSON, XML, YAML and CSV, plus GraphQL and an MCP interface for AI agents.

JSON

Default REST response

XML

Markup format

YAML

Human-readable

CSV

Tabular export

Beta

GraphQL

Query language

New

MCP

For AI agents

Request parameters — GET /v1/scrabblescorer

Sent in the query string. Premium parameters are accepted on every plan but only take effect on plans that include them. Anything not listed here is dropped rather than passed through.

Required

Optional

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curl "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/scrabblescorer?word=QUIZ&language=english" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Authentication

Send your key in the x-api-key header. That is the only auth step — no token exchange, and no per-endpoint scope to configure.

Response — GET /v1/scrabblescorer

Every APIVerve endpoint returns the same three top-level keys, so one response handler covers your whole integration: status, error and data. Only data changes shape.

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{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "word": "QUIZ",
    "language": "english",
    "total_score": 22,
    "letter_count": 4,
    "letter_scores": [
      {
        "letter": "Q",
        "score": 10
      },
      {
        "letter": "U",
        "score": 1
      },
      {
        "letter": "I",
        "score": 1
      },
      {
        "letter": "Z",
        "score": 10
      }
    ],
    "highest_scoring_letter": {
      "letter": "Q",
      "score": 10
    },
    "average_letter_score": 5.5,
    "note": "Scores do not include board multipliers (double/triple letter/word)"
  }
}

Response fields

Paths are relative to data. Premium fields are absent rather than zeroed on plans that do not include them, so check for presence instead of comparing to 0.

Response headers

Every response carries your balance, so your own code always knows where it stands without polling anything. All four are exposed to browsers through CORS.

Errors

Read the HTTP status first, then error for the specific reason. The body names the parameter that has to change.

What a call costs — 2 credits per call

Credits are shared across every APIVerve API — one balance, one key, one bill. Failed requests never count against it, so a rejected input costs nothing.

Calls are what the credits buy at this API's rate — spend them here, on any of the other APIs, or across both. Nothing is reserved per endpoint.

Zero-code embed — one snippet, no backend

Drop an interactive Scrabble Word Scorer form onto any page. The widget calls the API for you, so no key ever appears in your markup and there is nothing to deploy.

Changelog — Scrabble Word Scorer API

Every change to this endpoint, newest first. Breaking changes ship as a new version and the previous one keeps serving — response fields are added, never removed or retyped in place, so an integration written against v1 keeps working.

Currently v1