SANDS is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. SANDS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SANDS?
| 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: 24 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SANDS is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SANDS
No single letter turns SANDS into another word.
How SANDS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SANDS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What stands out about SANDS
- SANDS begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SANDS mean in Scrabble?
noun
An expanse of loose sand, especially along a shore, or, in the plural phrase the sands of time, the passing moments of life.
Sands names a wide stretch of sandy ground, most often the beach along a coastline where the tide leaves smooth, open ground exposed. Older maps and place names often use sands for a particular tidal flat or shoal, distinct from ordinary loose sand as a material. The set phrase the sands of time draws on the image of an hourglass, where each falling grain marks a moment slipping away, so the sands can stand poetically for a person's remaining time. Local names such as Goodwin Sands show how the plural form became fixed as the name of a specific dangerous stretch of coast.
How SANDS is used
Common in descriptions of coastal scenery and place names, and in the poetic phrase the sands of time.
- Children ran barefoot across the warm sands at low tide.
- The ship struck a hidden bank known locally as the sands.
- The sands of time were running out before the deadline.
- Visitors walked for miles along the empty sands.
- Old charts marked the treacherous sands just off the harbour mouth.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SANDS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SANDS
16 longer words begin with SANDS.
Words ending in SANDS
9 words end in SANDS. Useful as a back hook: play SANDS onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in SANDS
Common questions about SANDS
- Is SANDS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SANDS, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SANDS worth?
- SANDS is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SANDS mean?
- An expanse of loose sand, especially along a shore, or, in the plural phrase the sands of time, the passing moments of life.
- What letters can be added to SANDS?
- No single letter can be added to SANDS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SANDS:
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