SARSAPARILLA is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. SARSAPARILLA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SARSAPARILLA?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SARSAPARILLA is to know. It scores 14 from 12 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SARSAPARILLA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sarsaparillasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SARSAPARILLA scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in SARSAPARILLA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| a | 4 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SARSAPARILLA has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SARSAPARILLA
- The letter A appears four times in SARSAPARILLA.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SARSAPARILLA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A tropical American climbing plant whose roots are used to flavour a sweet soft drink and traditional medicines.
Sarsaparilla gives its name to a root-beer-like drink popular in old Westerns. The plant itself is a vine, and its dried roots were once sold as a tonic.
How SARSAPARILLA is used
Names both the plant and the drink; sarsaparilla evokes the American frontier.
- The cowboy ordered a glass of sarsaparilla at the saloon.
- Sarsaparilla root was once sold as a health tonic.
- The vine of sarsaparilla climbs through the forest.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SARSAPARILLA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SARSAPARILLA
1 longer words begin with SARSAPARILLA.
Shorter words from the letters in SARSAPARILLA
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Common questions about SARSAPARILLA
- Is SARSAPARILLA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SARSAPARILLA, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SARSAPARILLA worth?
- SARSAPARILLA is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SARSAPARILLA mean?
- A tropical American climbing plant whose roots are used to flavour a sweet soft drink and traditional medicines.
- What letters can be added to SARSAPARILLA?
- SARSAPARILLA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of SARSAPARILLA:
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