SANSEI is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. SANSEI 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 SANSEI?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SANSEI is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SANSEI
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sanseisChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SANSEI scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SANSEI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 34,066.
What stands out about SANSEI
- The same 6 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 SANSEI mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A person born in North America whose grandparents emigrated from Japan; the third generation of a Japanese immigrant family.
The term comes from a three-generation naming system used in Japanese immigrant communities in North America: issei for the first generation who emigrated from Japan, nisei for their children born abroad, and sansei for the grandchildren born to those children. A sansei typically grows up speaking the local language as a first language and often has only an inherited connection to Japanese culture passed down through parents and grandparents. The word appears mainly in writing about Japanese-American and Japanese-Canadian history, community life, and identity, marking a generation raised almost entirely within North American culture.
How SANSEI is used
Used mainly within Japanese-American and Japanese-Canadian communities and in writing about immigration history.
- As a sansei, she grew up hearing her grandmother's stories of the crossing from Japan.
- The museum exhibit traced one family from issei to sansei.
- Many sansei only learned Japanese as a second language, unlike their grandparents.
- He identified proudly as a sansei even though he had never visited Japan.
- Community groups host events specifically for sansei to connect with their heritage.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SANSEI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SANSEI
The 6 tiles of SANSEI in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SANSEI
1 longer words begin with SANSEI.
Shorter words from the letters in SANSEI
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Common questions about SANSEI
- Is SANSEI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SANSEI, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SANSEI worth?
- SANSEI is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SANSEI mean?
- A person born in North America whose grandparents emigrated from Japan; the third generation of a Japanese immigrant family.
- What letters can be added to SANSEI?
- SANSEI takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SANSEI:
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