SARSEN is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. SARSEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SARSEN?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SARSEN is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SARSEN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sarsensChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SARSEN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SARSEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 51,100.
What does SARSEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A hard sandstone boulder found on the chalk downs of southern England, notably used to build prehistoric monuments such as Stonehenge.
The name sarsen is thought to derive from Saracen stone, an old English phrase once used loosely for anything foreign, reflecting how strange the huge boulders seemed scattered across the open chalk downs. Geologically, a sarsen formed when layers of sand were cemented by silica into hard sandstone, later exposed as the surrounding softer chalk eroded away over millions of years. Neolithic builders dragged and raised sarsen blocks to construct monuments such as Stonehenge and Avebury, and the stones remain a defining feature of those sites today. Because sarsen resists weathering so well, many blocks still lie scattered across the fields of southern England exactly where erosion left them.
How SARSEN is used
Used mainly in geology and archaeology, especially in descriptions of prehistoric monuments in England.
- Archaeologists mapped every sarsen still standing at the site.
- The largest sarsen at the circle weighs several tons.
- Farmers once cleared sarsen boulders from their fields with great effort.
- Geologists study how each sarsen formed from ancient sand deposits.
- Visitors touched the weathered surface of the nearest sarsen.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SARSEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SARSEN
The 6 tiles of SARSEN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SARSEN
3 longer words begin with SARSEN.
Shorter words from the letters in SARSEN
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Common questions about SARSEN
- Is SARSEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SARSEN, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SARSEN worth?
- SARSEN is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SARSEN mean?
- A hard sandstone boulder found on the chalk downs of southern England, notably used to build prehistoric monuments such as Stonehenge.
- What letters can be added to SARSEN?
- SARSEN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SARSEN:
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