SASTRUGA is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SASTRUGA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SASTRUGA?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SASTRUGA is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SASTRUGA
No single letter turns SASTRUGA into another word.
How SASTRUGA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SASTRUGA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SASTRUGA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SASTRUGA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A sharp, wavelike ridge of hard snow formed by the wind on a flat snowfield.
Travellers in polar regions find a sastruga a nuisance because skis and sledges bump and jolt over the frozen waves. The ridges line up with the prevailing wind, so each sastruga can act as a rough compass.
How SASTRUGA is used
Polar and mountain writing, usually in the plural form sastrugi.
- Each sastruga on the plain was as hard as stone.
- The sledge rattled over a sastruga.
- He steered around the tallest sastruga he could see.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SASTRUGA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SASTRUGA
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Common questions about SASTRUGA
- Is SASTRUGA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SASTRUGA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SASTRUGA worth?
- SASTRUGA is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SASTRUGA mean?
- A sharp, wavelike ridge of hard snow formed by the wind on a flat snowfield.
- What letters can be added to SASTRUGA?
- No single letter can be added to SASTRUGA to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SASTRUGA:
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