SAUCE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. SAUCE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SAUCE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SAUCE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SAUCE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SAUCE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SAUCE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What does SAUCE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A liquid or semi-liquid mixture served with food to add moisture, flavour or interest.
A sauce can be as simple as melted butter or as elaborate as a slow-reduced wine sauce built over hours, but every version shares the same job, adding moisture and flavour to whatever it accompanies rather than standing as a dish on its own. English cooking also uses sauce loosely for stewed fruit served as a dessert or garnish, as in apple sauce or cranberry sauce, a sense that has little to do with savoury cooking at all. Informally, sauce also means cheek or impertinence, so a child who talks back is sometimes accused of giving sauce, and the related adjective saucy describes someone bold or pert in the same way. To sauce a dish, as a verb, simply means to add a sauce to it before serving.
How SAUCE is used
Everyday in cooking for both savoury and fruit preparations; the impertinence sense is informal, chiefly British.
- She poured a rich sauce over the roasted vegetables.
- The children liked their pasta best with a simple tomato sauce.
- A dollop of apple sauce sat beside the pork on the plate.
- Don't give me any sauce, the teacher warned the giggling pupil.
- The chef sauced the fish just before it left the kitchen.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SAUCE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SAUCE
The 5 tiles of SAUCE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SAUCE
17 longer words begin with SAUCE.
Words ending in SAUCE
2 words end in SAUCE. Useful as a back hook: play SAUCE onto a word already on the board.
Words with SAUCE inside
3 words contain SAUCE in the middle. Words that start with SAUCE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SAUCE
Common questions about SAUCE
- Is SAUCE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SAUCE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SAUCE worth?
- SAUCE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SAUCE mean?
- A liquid or semi-liquid mixture served with food to add moisture, flavour or interest.
- What letters can be added to SAUCE?
- SAUCE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SAUCE:
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