SUFFER is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SUFFER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SUFFER?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SUFFER is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SUFFER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
suffersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SUFFER scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SUFFER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,035 thousand.
What does SUFFER mean in Scrabble?
verb
To feel pain or distress, or to undergo something unpleasant.
The verb suffer covers physical pain, sorrow and hardship, and it can take an object, as in suffer a loss, or a preposition, as in suffer from a cold. It also has a quieter meaning of putting up with something, as in not suffering fools gladly. In the older sense of allow it appears in biblical English, where suffer the little children to come to me means let them come. A thing can suffer too, as when quality or a business suffers.
How SUFFER is used
Common; usually followed by from, or by a direct object such as a loss or a defeat.
- Many people suffer from headaches in the winter.
- The team will suffer a heavy defeat without its captain.
- She would not suffer fools gladly.
- The old text says to suffer the children to come.
- Crops suffer when the rains fail.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SUFFER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SUFFER
The 6 tiles of SUFFER in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SUFFER
13 longer words begin with SUFFER.
Shorter words from the letters in SUFFER
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Common questions about SUFFER
- Is SUFFER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SUFFER, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SUFFER worth?
- SUFFER is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SUFFER mean?
- To feel pain or distress, or to undergo something unpleasant.
- What letters can be added to SUFFER?
- SUFFER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SUFFER:
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