SANITISE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SANITISE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SANITISE?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SANITISE is to know. It scores 8 from 8 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SANITISE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SANITISE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SANITISE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SANITISE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SANITISE
- The same 8 tiles also spell 3 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 SANITISE mean in Scrabble?
verb
British
To make something clean and hygienic, or to make it more acceptable by removing unpleasant or controversial parts.
Sanitise can mean cleaning a surface to kill germs, or editing a report so that shocking details disappear. When people say a film was sanitised, they usually mean it lost its rough edges. Sanitise is the British spelling.
How SANITISE is used
Sanitise is used both for hygiene and, figuratively, for softening texts, images or histories.
- Please sanitise your hands before entering the ward.
- The studio chose to sanitise the ending of the novel.
- Staff must sanitise the tables after every meal.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SANITISE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SANITISE
The 8 tiles of SANITISE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SANITISE
4 longer words begin with SANITISE.
Shorter words from the letters in SANITISE
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Common questions about SANITISE
- Is SANITISE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SANITISE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SANITISE worth?
- SANITISE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SANITISE mean?
- To make something clean and hygienic, or to make it more acceptable by removing unpleasant or controversial parts.
- What letters can be added to SANITISE?
- SANITISE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SANITISE:
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