SATURNALIA is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SATURNALIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SATURNALIA?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SATURNALIA is to know. It scores 10 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SATURNALIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SATURNALIA scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in SATURNALIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SATURNALIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SATURNALIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A wild, unrestrained celebration; originally the ancient Roman midwinter festival of the god Saturn.
The Roman festival turned social order upside down for a few days of feasting and gift-giving, and some of its customs fed into Christmas. Today a saturnalia is any outbreak of riotous indulgence.
How SATURNALIA is used
Saturnalia is literary and can be written with a capital S for the Roman festival.
- The office party turned into a saturnalia of food and noise.
- Historians link many Christmas customs to the Roman saturnalia.
- The carnival was a week-long saturnalia in the streets.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SATURNALIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SATURNALIA
3 longer words begin with SATURNALIA.
Shorter words from the letters in SATURNALIA
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Common questions about SATURNALIA
- Is SATURNALIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SATURNALIA, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SATURNALIA worth?
- SATURNALIA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SATURNALIA mean?
- A wild, unrestrained celebration; originally the ancient Roman midwinter festival of the god Saturn.
- What letters can be added to SATURNALIA?
- SATURNALIA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of SATURNALIA:
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