SASSAFRAS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SASSAFRAS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SASSAFRAS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SASSAFRAS is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SASSAFRAS
No single letter turns SASSAFRAS into another word.
How SASSAFRAS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SASSAFRAS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 4 | 4 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SASSAFRAS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SASSAFRAS
- The letter S appears four times in SASSAFRAS.
- SASSAFRAS begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SASSAFRAS mean in Scrabble?
noun
A North American tree of the laurel family with aromatic leaves and bark.
Cooks once brewed tea from sassafras roots, and its dried leaves became the thickener known as filé. Mitten-shaped leaves make the tree easy to spot in autumn.
How SASSAFRAS is used
Used for the tree and for products made from its bark or leaves.
- A sassafras tree turned orange beside the path.
- Grandmother brewed tea from sassafras bark.
- The gumbo was thickened with ground sassafras leaves.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SASSAFRAS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SASSAFRAS
1 longer words begin with SASSAFRAS.
Shorter words from the letters in SASSAFRAS
Common questions about SASSAFRAS
- Is SASSAFRAS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SASSAFRAS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SASSAFRAS worth?
- SASSAFRAS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SASSAFRAS mean?
- A North American tree of the laurel family with aromatic leaves and bark.
- What letters can be added to SASSAFRAS?
- No single letter can be added to SASSAFRAS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SASSAFRAS:
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