SASSWOOD is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SASSWOOD 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 SASSWOOD?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SASSWOOD is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SASSWOOD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sasswoodsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SASSWOOD scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SASSWOOD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 3 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SASSWOOD has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SASSWOOD mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A tropical African tree with poisonous bark and hard, durable wood.
The bark of sasswood was traditionally used as an ordeal poison in West Africa, which is why the name appears in accounts of trial by poison. The word names a specific tree, not a general kind of timber, so it is mostly met in botanical or historical writing.
How SASSWOOD is used
Used in botany and historical accounts of West Africa when naming this poisonous tree or its bark.
- The botanist pointed out a sasswood growing at the edge of the forest.
- Hard, durable sasswood was prized for its timber despite the poison in its bark.
- An old traveller wrote of sasswood being used to decide guilt in a trial.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SASSWOOD and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SASSWOOD
1 longer words begin with SASSWOOD.
Shorter words from the letters in SASSWOOD
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Common questions about SASSWOOD
- Is SASSWOOD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SASSWOOD, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SASSWOOD worth?
- SASSWOOD is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SASSWOOD mean?
- A tropical African tree with poisonous bark and hard, durable wood.
- What letters can be added to SASSWOOD?
- SASSWOOD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SASSWOOD:
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