SAILPLANE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SAILPLANE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SAILPLANE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SAILPLANE is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SAILPLANE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SAILPLANE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SAILPLANE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SAILPLANE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SAILPLANE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A light, high-performance glider built to stay aloft for hours on rising air.
A sailplane has very long, slim wings that let it climb on warm thermals without any engine. Pilots tow it into the sky behind another aircraft and then soar for as long as the air allows.
How SAILPLANE is used
Used in gliding for long-winged aircraft designed for sustained soaring.
- The sailplane circled in a thermal above the ridge.
- A tow plane pulled the sailplane to a thousand metres.
- She learned to fly a sailplane at a club in the hills.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SAILPLANE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SAILPLANE
4 longer words begin with SAILPLANE.
Shorter words from the letters in SAILPLANE
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Common questions about SAILPLANE
- Is SAILPLANE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SAILPLANE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SAILPLANE worth?
- SAILPLANE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SAILPLANE mean?
- A light, high-performance glider built to stay aloft for hours on rising air.
- What letters can be added to SAILPLANE?
- SAILPLANE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SAILPLANE:
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