SACCHARIDE is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. SACCHARIDE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SACCHARIDE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SACCHARIDE is to know. It scores 18 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SACCHARIDE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
saccharidesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SACCHARIDE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in SACCHARIDE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SACCHARIDE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SACCHARIDE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
Any sugar or starch-like carbohydrate, from simple sugars such as glucose to long chains built from them.
Chemists sort every saccharide by how many sugar units it contains: one, a few, or thousands. The term is the scientific umbrella for sugars, starch and cellulose.
How SACCHARIDE is used
Used in chemistry, biology and nutrition rather than in everyday speech.
- Glucose is the simplest saccharide that cells use for fuel.
- Each saccharide in the sample was separated and weighed.
- Plants store energy as a long-chain saccharide called starch.
- The label lists the total saccharide content per serving.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SACCHARIDE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SACCHARIDE
1 longer words begin with SACCHARIDE.
Shorter words from the letters in SACCHARIDE
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Common questions about SACCHARIDE
- Is SACCHARIDE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SACCHARIDE, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SACCHARIDE worth?
- SACCHARIDE is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SACCHARIDE mean?
- Any sugar or starch-like carbohydrate, from simple sugars such as glucose to long chains built from them.
- What letters can be added to SACCHARIDE?
- SACCHARIDE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of SACCHARIDE:
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