SAMES is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. SAMES 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 7 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept SAMES?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SAMES is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SAMES
No single letter turns SAMES into another word.
How SAMES scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SAMES, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What stands out about SAMES
- SAMES begins and ends with the same letter.
- The same 5 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 SAMES mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
Things regarded as identical or alike, the plural of same used as a noun.
Logicians and philosophers occasionally use sames to talk about several things that all share an identical relationship with a third thing, treating sameness itself as something that can be counted. Outside that specialized use, ordinary English rarely needs a plural form of same at all.
How SAMES is used
Used mainly in philosophical and logical writing.
- The lecture distinguished true sames from merely similar things.
- He argued that two sames of a third thing must equal each other.
- The philosopher's paper turned entirely on the logic of sames.
- Students struggled with the abstract idea of comparing sames.
- The professor used sames to explain a point about identity.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SAMES and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SAMES
The 5 tiles of SAMES in a different order — 4 found.
Words ending in SAMES
1 words end in SAMES. Useful as a back hook: play SAMES onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in SAMES
Common questions about SAMES
- Is SAMES valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and SAMES is not in it.
- How many points is SAMES worth?
- SAMES is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SAMES mean?
- Things regarded as identical or alike, the plural of same used as a noun.
- What letters can be added to SAMES?
- No single letter can be added to SAMES to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SAMES:
Open SAMES in the Word Finder