SAPOTE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SAPOTE 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 SAPOTE?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SAPOTE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SAPOTE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sapotesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SAPOTE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SAPOTE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 28,744.
What does SAPOTE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A tropical American tree, or its soft sweet fruit, whose orange-brown flesh is eaten fresh or blended into drinks.
The sapote grows in Mexico and Central America, where its large oval fruit is a familiar market item. The flesh is smooth and creamy, with a taste often compared to sweet potato and apricot. The name comes from the Nahuatl word for a soft, sweet fruit, and it has been applied to several unrelated trees of the same region.
How SAPOTE is used
Used by cooks, gardeners and botanists; in food writing it often appears in recipes for shakes and ice cream.
- Every morning she scooped the orange pulp out of a ripe sapote.
- The sapote in the courtyard grew taller than the house.
- He blended sapote with milk and a little lime.
- A sapote is ready to eat when it yields to a gentle press of the thumb.
- Market sellers stacked each sapote beside the papayas.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SAPOTE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SAPOTE
The 6 tiles of SAPOTE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SAPOTE
1 longer words begin with SAPOTE.
Shorter words from the letters in SAPOTE
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Common questions about SAPOTE
- Is SAPOTE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SAPOTE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SAPOTE worth?
- SAPOTE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SAPOTE mean?
- A tropical American tree, or its soft sweet fruit, whose orange-brown flesh is eaten fresh or blended into drinks.
- What letters can be added to SAPOTE?
- SAPOTE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SAPOTE:
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