SAC is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. SAC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SAC?
| 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 SAC is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SAC
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SAC scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in SAC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What does SAC mean in Scrabble?
noun
A pouch or bag-like part in an animal or plant.
Sac and sack are one Latin word that arrived twice — once early for the bag, and again through French for the anatomical part. Medicine kept the shorter spelling precisely to avoid the confusion the longer one would cause.
How SAC is used
Countable: a sac, two sacs. Chiefly biological.
- The sac ruptured and the fluid drained on its own.
- A yolk sac feeds the embryo before anything else does.
- The word sac and the word sack are the same Latin one.
- Two sacs of equal size on either side.
- Medicine writes sac to keep it apart from sack.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SAC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SAC
Showing 24 of 220 words that begin with SAC.
Words ending in SAC
3 words end in SAC. Useful as a back hook: play SAC onto a word already on the board.
Words with SAC inside
Showing 24 of 135 words that contain SAC somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SAC are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SAC
Common questions about SAC
- Is SAC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SAC, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SAC worth?
- SAC is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SAC mean?
- A pouch or bag-like part in an animal or plant.
- What letters can be added to SAC?
- SAC takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of SAC:
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