SANGUINE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SANGUINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SANGUINE?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SANGUINE is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SANGUINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SANGUINE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SANGUINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SANGUINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SANGUINE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Cheerfully hopeful and confident about the future, even when things look uncertain.
Someone sanguine expects things to turn out well, which can be a comfort or a risk. In older medicine the word described a ruddy, blood-coloured complexion and a cheerful temperament linked to blood.
How SANGUINE is used
Often followed by about, as in sanguine about the outcome.
- She remained sanguine about the result despite the delay.
- The manager was sanguine that sales would recover.
- His sanguine outlook cheered the whole team.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SANGUINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SANGUINE
The 8 tiles of SANGUINE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SANGUINE
7 longer words begin with SANGUINE.
Shorter words from the letters in SANGUINE
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Common questions about SANGUINE
- Is SANGUINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SANGUINE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SANGUINE worth?
- SANGUINE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SANGUINE mean?
- Cheerfully hopeful and confident about the future, even when things look uncertain.
- What letters can be added to SANGUINE?
- SANGUINE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SANGUINE:
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