RANSACK is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. RANSACK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RANSACK?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RANSACK is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RANSACK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ransacksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RANSACK scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in RANSACK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,544 thousand.
What does RANSACK mean in Scrabble?
verb
To search a place thoroughly and roughly, often leaving it in disorder or stealing from it.
To ransack suggests haste and mess rather than care, whether the searcher is a burglar or a hurried owner. In older writing it also meant to plunder a town.
How RANSACK is used
Ransack is used for both criminal looting and frantic searching.
- Burglars ransack the flat while the family was away.
- I had to ransack the drawers to find my passport.
- Soldiers would ransack the village for food.
- Do not ransack the shelves; just ask me where it is.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RANSACK and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RANSACK
6 longer words begin with RANSACK.
Shorter words from the letters in RANSACK
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Common questions about RANSACK
- Is RANSACK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RANSACK, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RANSACK worth?
- RANSACK is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RANSACK mean?
- To search a place thoroughly and roughly, often leaving it in disorder or stealing from it.
- What letters can be added to RANSACK?
- RANSACK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of RANSACK:
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