SAUCH is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SAUCH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SAUCH?
| 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 SAUCH is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SAUCH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sauchsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SAUCH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SAUCH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does SAUCH mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scotsdialect
A willow tree, especially in Scots dialect usage.
Sauch, also spelled saugh, is the Scots word for the willow, a tree common along riverbanks and in damp ground throughout Scotland. It survives today mainly in place names, older poetry and dialect writing rather than in everyday speech, where willow is now the usual word.
How SAUCH is used
Scots dialect; largely replaced by willow outside dialect writing and place names.
- A row of sauch trees lined the burn.
- The old poem describes wind bending the sauch by the water.
- He cut a switch from a young sauch branch.
- Several Scottish place names include the word sauch.
- The riverbank was thick with sauch and reed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SAUCH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SAUCH
1 longer words begin with SAUCH.
Shorter words from the letters in SAUCH
Common questions about SAUCH
- Is SAUCH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SAUCH, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SAUCH worth?
- SAUCH is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SAUCH mean?
- A willow tree, especially in Scots dialect usage.
- What letters can be added to SAUCH?
- SAUCH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SAUCH:
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