SAWAH is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. SAWAH is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept SAWAH?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SAWAH is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SAWAH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sawahsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SAWAH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SAWAH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does SAWAH mean in Scrabble?
noun
regional
An irrigated rice field, especially one on lowland ground.
Sawah comes from Malay and names a flooded paddy where rice is grown under standing water, as opposed to ladang, the drier upland fields cleared for other crops. English writing about Southeast Asian farming borrows the term directly rather than translating it, since paddy field does not capture the lowland-versus-upland distinction the local word carries.
How SAWAH is used
Used in English mainly when describing farming in Malaysia or Indonesia.
- Rows of green shoots stood in the flooded sawah below the village.
- The family owned a small sawah at the foot of the hill.
- Water buffalo pulled the plough through the wet sawah.
- A dry season sawah looks like cracked mud rather than a field.
- The guidebook explained the difference between ladang and sawah farming.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SAWAH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SAWAH
The 5 tiles of SAWAH in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SAWAH
1 longer words begin with SAWAH.
Shorter words from the letters in SAWAH
Common questions about SAWAH
- Is SAWAH valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and SAWAH is not in it.
- How many points is SAWAH worth?
- SAWAH is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SAWAH mean?
- An irrigated rice field, especially one on lowland ground.
- What letters can be added to SAWAH?
- SAWAH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SAWAH:
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