SAIC is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. SAIC is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept SAIC?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SAIC is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SAIC
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SAIC scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SAIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,051.
What does SAIC mean in Scrabble?
noun
nauticalhistorical
A three-masted sailing vessel once common in the eastern Mediterranean, similar to a ketch but without a topgallant sail or a mizzen topsail.
A saic was built and sailed mainly in Levantine waters, where merchants used it to carry cargo along the coast, and its rig was simpler than a full ketch because it left out the topgallant and mizzen topsails. The word is now met only in histories of sailing and old travel accounts, since the vessel itself has long gone out of use.
How SAIC is used
Historical and nautical; encountered in older travel writing and maritime history rather than modern speech.
- The harbour was crowded with a saic loading grain for the coast.
- Travellers described the saic as slower than a proper ketch.
- A single saic could be seen riding at anchor near the customs house.
- The captain preferred a saic for short runs along the Levantine shore.
- Old prints show a saic with its sails furled at dusk.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SAIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SAIC
The 4 tiles of SAIC in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SAIC
5 longer words begin with SAIC.
Words ending in SAIC
6 words end in SAIC. Useful as a back hook: play SAIC onto a word already on the board.
Words with SAIC inside
Showing 24 of 26 words that contain SAIC somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SAIC are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SAIC
Common questions about SAIC
- Is SAIC valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and SAIC is not in it.
- How many points is SAIC worth?
- SAIC is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SAIC mean?
- A three-masted sailing vessel once common in the eastern Mediterranean, similar to a ketch but without a topgallant sail or a mizzen topsail.
- What letters can be added to SAIC?
- SAIC takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SAIC:
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