SABOTAGE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SABOTAGE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SABOTAGE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SABOTAGE is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SABOTAGE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SABOTAGE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SABOTAGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SABOTAGE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SABOTAGE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Deliberate damage or disruption aimed at weakening an enemy, an employer or a plan.
Sabotage is as often figurative as literal, covering anything from wrecked machinery to a rival quietly undermining a project. The idea of secret intent separates it from a plain accident or mistake.
How SABOTAGE is used
Sabotage is used in war, industry and politics, and also loosely for personal self-defeating behaviour.
- Investigators suspected sabotage after the power failed.
- The strike ended in acts of sabotage at the depot.
- Her late arrival felt like sabotage of the whole meeting.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SABOTAGE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SABOTAGE
2 longer words begin with SABOTAGE.
Shorter words from the letters in SABOTAGE
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Common questions about SABOTAGE
- Is SABOTAGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SABOTAGE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SABOTAGE worth?
- SABOTAGE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SABOTAGE mean?
- Deliberate damage or disruption aimed at weakening an enemy, an employer or a plan.
- What letters can be added to SABOTAGE?
- SABOTAGE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SABOTAGE:
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