SEARCH is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SEARCH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SEARCH?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SEARCH is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SEARCH
No single letter turns SEARCH into another word.
How SEARCH scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SEARCH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What stands out about SEARCH
- The same 6 tiles also spell 5 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SEARCH mean in Scrabble?
verb
To look carefully through a place or collection in order to find something.
To search can mean to comb a room, to question a memory or to type a query into a database, and in every case the effort is deliberate and thorough. The word came into English from Old French cerchier, which in turn goes back to the Latin circare, to go around. As a noun it covers the act itself, as in a search for survivors, and the modern habit of using an engine to look things up.
How SEARCH is used
Very common; used with for, as in search for keys, or directly with an object, as in search the house.
- Officers will search the car before it crosses the border.
- I had to search every drawer to find the passport.
- You can search the archive by date or by author.
- Volunteers began to search the woods at dawn.
- She decided to search her memory for the name.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SEARCH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SEARCH
The 6 tiles of SEARCH in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with SEARCH
15 longer words begin with SEARCH.
Shorter words from the letters in SEARCH
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Common questions about SEARCH
- Is SEARCH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SEARCH, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SEARCH worth?
- SEARCH is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SEARCH mean?
- To look carefully through a place or collection in order to find something.
- What letters can be added to SEARCH?
- No single letter can be added to SEARCH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SEARCH:
Open SEARCH in the Word Finder