SARGASSO is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SARGASSO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SARGASSO?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SARGASSO is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SARGASSO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sargassosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SARGASSO scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SARGASSO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 3 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SARGASSO has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SARGASSO mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A brown seaweed with berry-like air bladders that floats in large masses on the open ocean.
Sargasso is the weed that gives the Sargasso Sea its name, forming great drifting mats in the warm Atlantic. Many small sea creatures shelter in sargasso, which makes the mats a floating habitat.
How SARGASSO is used
Used in botany and sea writing, and as the root of the name of the Sargasso Sea.
- Clumps of sargasso drifted past the ship.
- Baby turtles hide among the sargasso for protection.
- The old sailors feared the thick sargasso in the calm.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SARGASSO and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SARGASSO
2 longer words begin with SARGASSO.
Shorter words from the letters in SARGASSO
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Common questions about SARGASSO
- Is SARGASSO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SARGASSO, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SARGASSO worth?
- SARGASSO is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SARGASSO mean?
- A brown seaweed with berry-like air bladders that floats in large masses on the open ocean.
- What letters can be added to SARGASSO?
- SARGASSO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SARGASSO:
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