SAP is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. SAP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SAP?
| 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 SAP is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SAP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sapsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SAP scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in SAP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What stands out about SAP
- The same 3 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 SAP mean in Scrabble?
noun
The liquid that circulates in a plant.
Sap meaning a foolish person is a separate word, probably shortened from sapskull, and sap meaning to weaken came from military digging — a sap was a trench pushed towards a wall. Three unrelated words share the spelling.
How SAP is used
Uncountable for the plant fluid. Also a verb.
- The sap rises in March and the pruning has to wait.
- Two years of it sapped whatever patience he had.
- A sap in the old sense is a trench dug towards a wall.
- The word sap covers three unrelated things.
- He was a sap and everybody but him knew it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SAP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SAP
The 3 tiles of SAP in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SAP
Showing 24 of 157 words that begin with SAP.
Words ending in SAP
2 words end in SAP. Useful as a back hook: play SAP onto a word already on the board.
Words with SAP inside
Showing 24 of 79 words that contain SAP somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SAP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SAP
Common questions about SAP
- Is SAP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SAP, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SAP worth?
- SAP is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SAP mean?
- The liquid that circulates in a plant.
- What letters can be added to SAP?
- SAP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of SAP:
Open SAP in the Word Finder