SARGASSUM is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SARGASSUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SARGASSUM?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SARGASSUM is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SARGASSUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sargassumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SARGASSUM scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SARGASSUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 3 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SARGASSUM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SARGASSUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A brown seaweed with berry-like air bladders that forms large floating mats.
Sargassum drifts in the Atlantic, giving the Sargasso Sea its name, and shelters many small sea creatures. On some coasts huge heaps of it wash ashore and rot on the sand.
How SARGASSUM is used
Used in marine biology and in reports on beach pollution.
- Sargassum clogged the shallows after the storm.
- Tiny crabs hide among the floating sargassum.
- Beaches in the region were buried under sargassum last summer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SARGASSUM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SARGASSUM
1 longer words begin with SARGASSUM.
Shorter words from the letters in SARGASSUM
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Common questions about SARGASSUM
- Is SARGASSUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SARGASSUM, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SARGASSUM worth?
- SARGASSUM is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SARGASSUM mean?
- A brown seaweed with berry-like air bladders that forms large floating mats.
- What letters can be added to SARGASSUM?
- SARGASSUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SARGASSUM:
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