SALERATUS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SALERATUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SALERATUS?
| 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: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SALERATUS is to know. It scores 9 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SALERATUS
No single letter turns SALERATUS into another word.
How SALERATUS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SALERATUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SALERATUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SALERATUS
- SALERATUS begins and ends with the same letter.
- The same 9 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 SALERATUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalNorth American
Baking soda, a white powder of sodium or potassium bicarbonate used to make dough rise.
Saleratus is an old American kitchen word that appears in nineteenth-century recipes. It reacts with a sour ingredient such as buttermilk to produce gas in the batter.
How SALERATUS is used
Mostly met in old cookbooks and period fiction rather than modern kitchens.
- Grandmother's biscuits called for a pinch of saleratus.
- The recipe paired saleratus with sour milk.
- A tin of saleratus sat on the pantry shelf.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SALERATUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SALERATUS
The 9 tiles of SALERATUS in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SALERATUS
1 longer words begin with SALERATUS.
Shorter words from the letters in SALERATUS
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Common questions about SALERATUS
- Is SALERATUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SALERATUS, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SALERATUS worth?
- SALERATUS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SALERATUS mean?
- Baking soda, a white powder of sodium or potassium bicarbonate used to make dough rise.
- What letters can be added to SALERATUS?
- No single letter can be added to SALERATUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SALERATUS:
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