SATURNALIAN is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SATURNALIAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SATURNALIAN?
| 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: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SATURNALIAN is to know. It scores 11 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SATURNALIAN
No single letter turns SATURNALIAN into another word.
How SATURNALIAN scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in SATURNALIAN, 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 | 2 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SATURNALIAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SATURNALIAN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Marked by wild, unrestrained merrymaking, like the ancient Roman festival of Saturn.
Saturnalian recalls the Roman midwinter festival in which ordinary rules were relaxed. In modern writing it describes a riotous party or an orgy of indulgence.
How SATURNALIAN is used
Saturnalian is used in literary or humorous descriptions of excess and revelry.
- The office party turned into a saturnalian affair.
- A saturnalian mood swept through the town on New Year's Eve.
- The novel describes a saturnalian feast lasting three days.
- Their saturnalian celebrations shocked the neighbours.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SATURNALIAN and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SATURNALIAN
1 longer words begin with SATURNALIAN.
Shorter words from the letters in SATURNALIAN
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Common questions about SATURNALIAN
- Is SATURNALIAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SATURNALIAN, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SATURNALIAN worth?
- SATURNALIAN is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SATURNALIAN mean?
- Marked by wild, unrestrained merrymaking, like the ancient Roman festival of Saturn.
- What letters can be added to SATURNALIAN?
- No single letter can be added to SATURNALIAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of SATURNALIAN:
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