SAT is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. SAT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 3 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SAT?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SAT is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SAT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How SAT scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in SAT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 749.
What stands out about SAT
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SAT mean in Scrabble?
verb
To sit — the past form.
Sat turns up in British speech where the participle would be expected — I was sat there — and that construction is ordinary in the north and criticised in the south. It has been in print for four hundred years.
How SAT is used
Past tense and past participle of sit.
- They sat through the whole thing without speaking.
- I was sat at the back is northern and very old.
- The word sat covers the past tense and the participle.
- She sat the exam twice and passed the second time.
- He sat down and nobody offered him anything.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SAT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SAT
The 3 tiles of SAT in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SAT
Showing 24 of 208 words that begin with SAT.
Words ending in SAT
8 words end in SAT. Useful as a back hook: play SAT onto a word already on the board.
Words with SAT inside
Showing 24 of 1332 words that contain SAT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SAT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SAT
Common questions about SAT
- Is SAT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SAT, where it scores 3 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SAT worth?
- SAT is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 3 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SAT mean?
- To sit — the past form.
- What letters can be added to SAT?
- SAT takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of SAT:
Open SAT in the Word Finder