SABULOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SABULOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SABULOUS?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SABULOUS is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SABULOUS
No single letter turns SABULOUS into another word.
How SABULOUS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SABULOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SABULOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SABULOUS
- SABULOUS begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SABULOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Sandy or gritty in texture, or growing in sandy ground.
Sabulous is a descriptive term from botany and geology for soil or deposits that feel like sand. Writers sometimes choose sabulous to describe a gritty surface of any kind.
How SABULOUS is used
A technical term for sandy soil, deposits or plants of sandy places.
- The plant favours dry, sabulous ground near the coast.
- A sabulous layer lay under the topsoil.
- The beach was sabulous and slow to walk across.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SABULOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SABULOUS
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Common questions about SABULOUS
- Is SABULOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SABULOUS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SABULOUS worth?
- SABULOUS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SABULOUS mean?
- Sandy or gritty in texture, or growing in sandy ground.
- What letters can be added to SABULOUS?
- No single letter can be added to SABULOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SABULOUS:
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