SACCHARINE is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. SACCHARINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SACCHARINE?
| 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 SACCHARINE is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SACCHARINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
saccharinesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SACCHARINE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in SACCHARINE, 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 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SACCHARINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SACCHARINE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Sickly sweet, either in taste or in an overdone, sentimental manner.
Saccharine is usually a criticism: a saccharine smile or song is too sweet to be believed. Spelled the same, saccharine is also a noun for the artificial sweetener used in diet drinks.
How SACCHARINE is used
Used for tastes, tones and sentimental art; as a noun it names the sweetener.
- The film ended on a saccharine note that annoyed the critics.
- He gave a saccharine smile and said nothing sincere.
- The drink had a saccharine aftertaste.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SACCHARINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SACCHARINE
2 longer words begin with SACCHARINE.
Shorter words from the letters in SACCHARINE
Showing 40 of 584. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about SACCHARINE
- Is SACCHARINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SACCHARINE, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SACCHARINE worth?
- SACCHARINE is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SACCHARINE mean?
- Sickly sweet, either in taste or in an overdone, sentimental manner.
- What letters can be added to SACCHARINE?
- SACCHARINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of SACCHARINE:
Open SACCHARINE in the Word Finder