SALSA is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. SALSA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SALSA?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SALSA is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SALSA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
salsasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SALSA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SALSA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does SALSA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A spicy sauce, typically made from tomatoes, chilies, onions and herbs, associated especially with Mexican cooking; also a lively style of Latin American dance and music with roots in Cuban and Puerto Rican rhythms.
The culinary salsa ranges from a mild chunky tomato mix to fiery blends built around roasted chilies, and it is served as a dip, a topping or a cooking ingredient across Latin American cuisines. The dance and music sense of salsa developed separately in Cuban and Puerto Rican communities in New York, blending Afro-Cuban rhythms with jazz influences into a style now danced worldwide. Both senses share the same Spanish word for sauce, since the music was named for its lively, mixed, spicy character.
How SALSA is used
Extremely common in everyday talk about Mexican and Latin American food, and equally common in the context of dance and music.
- They dipped tortilla chips into a bowl of fresh salsa.
- The recipe called for tomatoes, lime and cilantro in the salsa.
- Couples spun across the floor to a fast salsa beat.
- He took weekly salsa lessons at the community center.
- The taco stand offered three levels of spicy salsa.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SALSA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SALSA
3 longer words begin with SALSA.
Shorter words from the letters in SALSA
Common questions about SALSA
- Is SALSA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SALSA, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SALSA worth?
- SALSA is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SALSA mean?
- A spicy sauce, typically made from tomatoes, chilies, onions and herbs, associated especially with Mexican cooking; also a lively style of Latin American dance and music with roots in Cuban and Puerto Rican rhythms.
- What letters can be added to SALSA?
- SALSA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SALSA:
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