SAW is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. SAW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SAW?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SAW is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SAW
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SAW scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in SAW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What does SAW mean in Scrabble?
noun
A tool with a toothed blade for cutting wood.
A saw cuts on the push in most of Europe and on the pull in Japan, and that difference decides the whole design: a pull saw can have a thinner blade because it is never in compression. An unrelated noun meaning an old proverb is a separate word entirely.
How SAW is used
Countable: a saw, two saws. Also the past tense of see.
- The saw was blunt and the wood was wet.
- A Japanese saw cuts on the pull and takes some getting used to.
- He sawed through the branch and it fell the wrong way.
- The old saw about early birds is not evidence.
- A saw with fewer teeth cuts faster and rougher.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SAW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SAW
The 3 tiles of SAW in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SAW
Showing 24 of 57 words that begin with SAW.
Words ending in SAW
Showing 24 of 25 words that end in SAW. Useful as a back hook: play SAW onto a word already on the board.
Words with SAW inside
Showing 24 of 52 words that contain SAW somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SAW are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SAW
Common questions about SAW
- Is SAW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SAW, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SAW worth?
- SAW is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SAW mean?
- A tool with a toothed blade for cutting wood.
- What letters can be added to SAW?
- SAW takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of SAW:
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