SADIST is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. SADIST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SADIST?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SADIST is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SADIST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sadistsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SADIST scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SADIST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 102,199.
What stands out about SADIST
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 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 SADIST mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person who takes pleasure, often specifically sexual pleasure, from causing pain or humiliation to others.
A sadist finds enjoyment in inflicting suffering, whether through physical cruelty, humiliation, or psychological torment, and the word is used both in clinical psychology and in everyday speech to describe such a person. Clinically, the term connects to sadism, a pattern of behavior named after the eighteenth-century writer whose work explored cruelty as a source of pleasure. In casual conversation, people also call someone a sadist more loosely, as an exaggeration, when that person seems to enjoy someone else's minor discomfort or embarrassment.
How SADIST is used
Used both as a clinical term for a specific psychological pattern and, more loosely, as an exaggerated insult in everyday speech.
- The therapist labeled the abuser a textbook sadist.
- Only a sadist would enjoy watching someone struggle like that.
- He joked that the coach was a sadist for scheduling practice at dawn.
- The villain of the novel is portrayed as a calculating sadist.
- Court testimony painted the defendant as a violent sadist.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SADIST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SADIST
The 6 tiles of SADIST in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SADIST
3 longer words begin with SADIST.
Shorter words from the letters in SADIST
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Common questions about SADIST
- Is SADIST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SADIST, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SADIST worth?
- SADIST is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SADIST mean?
- A person who takes pleasure, often specifically sexual pleasure, from causing pain or humiliation to others.
- What letters can be added to SADIST?
- SADIST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SADIST:
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