SALT is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. SALT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SALT?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SALT is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SALT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SALT scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SALT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What stands out about SALT
- The same 4 tiles also spell 4 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 SALT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A white crystalline mineral consisting mainly of sodium chloride, used to season and preserve food.
Salt is one of the oldest and most common seasonings, found naturally in seawater and mined from underground deposits. Besides flavoring food, it has long been used to cure and preserve meat and fish. The word also names the general class of chemical compounds formed when an acid reacts with a base.
How SALT is used
Common in everyday cooking and also used figuratively, as in an old salt for an experienced sailor.
- She added a pinch of salt to the soup.
- Winter roads are often treated with salt to melt the ice.
- The fish was packed in salt to keep it from spoiling.
- He is an old salt who has sailed these waters for forty years.
- The chemist explained how a salt forms when an acid neutralizes a base.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SALT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SALT
The 4 tiles of SALT in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with SALT
Showing 24 of 98 words that begin with SALT.
Words ending in SALT
6 words end in SALT. Useful as a back hook: play SALT onto a word already on the board.
Words with SALT inside
Showing 24 of 41 words that contain SALT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SALT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SALT
Common questions about SALT
- Is SALT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SALT, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SALT worth?
- SALT is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SALT mean?
- A white crystalline mineral consisting mainly of sodium chloride, used to season and preserve food.
- What letters can be added to SALT?
- SALT takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SALT:
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