SADDEN is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SADDEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SADDEN?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SADDEN is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SADDEN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
saddensChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SADDEN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SADDEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What stands out about SADDEN
- The same 6 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SADDEN mean in Scrabble?
verb
To cause someone to feel sorrow, or to become sorrowful oneself.
Sadden is built from the adjective sad plus the ending -en, the same pattern that gives words like harden and widen. It is most often used with news, losses and sights as the subject and a person as the object, as in a death that saddens a whole village. The verb can also stand without an object, when a face or a mood grows sadder. In older writing it sometimes means to make a colour darker or duller.
How SADDEN is used
Common in news writing and fiction, usually in the passive or with a feeling-causing event as subject.
- The news of the closure will sadden many of the regulars.
- It would sadden me to see the old garden sold.
- Her voice began to sadden as she spoke of home.
- Nothing could sadden him more than a broken promise.
- The empty playground seemed to sadden the whole street.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SADDEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SADDEN
The 6 tiles of SADDEN in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SADDEN
3 longer words begin with SADDEN.
Shorter words from the letters in SADDEN
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Common questions about SADDEN
- Is SADDEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SADDEN, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SADDEN worth?
- SADDEN is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SADDEN mean?
- To cause someone to feel sorrow, or to become sorrowful oneself.
- What letters can be added to SADDEN?
- SADDEN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SADDEN:
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