SAPAJOU is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. SAPAJOU is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SAPAJOU?
| 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: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SAPAJOU is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SAPAJOU
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sapajousChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SAPAJOU scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SAPAJOU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| j | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,737 thousand.
What does SAPAJOU mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A small long-tailed monkey of South America, a capuchin.
Sapajou is an older name from natural-history books for monkeys that grip with their tails. The name is far rarer today than capuchin, but it remains useful for readers of nineteenth-century travel writing.
How SAPAJOU is used
Sapajou is found in older zoological writing and in word lists.
- The naturalist described a sapajou swinging through the canopy.
- A sapajou perched on the sailor's shoulder all the way home.
- The explorer kept a pet sapajou in a cage on deck.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SAPAJOU and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SAPAJOU
1 longer words begin with SAPAJOU.
Shorter words from the letters in SAPAJOU
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Common questions about SAPAJOU
- Is SAPAJOU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SAPAJOU, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SAPAJOU worth?
- SAPAJOU is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SAPAJOU mean?
- A small long-tailed monkey of South America, a capuchin.
- What letters can be added to SAPAJOU?
- SAPAJOU takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SAPAJOU:
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