SANDPILE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SANDPILE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SANDPILE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SANDPILE is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SANDPILE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sandpilesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SANDPILE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SANDPILE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SANDPILE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SANDPILE
- All 8 letters of SANDPILE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SANDPILE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A heap of sand, especially one for children to play in.
Sandpile is the plain, concrete word for a heap, whether it stands at a building site or in a playground. Physicists also use it for models of how piles of grains collapse.
How SANDPILE is used
Sandpile suits playgrounds, construction sites and scientific models of avalanches.
- The toddlers built castles in the sandpile.
- A sandpile stood beside the new foundation.
- Adding one more grain made the sandpile collapse.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SANDPILE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SANDPILE
1 longer words begin with SANDPILE.
Shorter words from the letters in SANDPILE
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Common questions about SANDPILE
- Is SANDPILE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SANDPILE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SANDPILE worth?
- SANDPILE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SANDPILE mean?
- A heap of sand, especially one for children to play in.
- What letters can be added to SANDPILE?
- SANDPILE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SANDPILE:
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