SAWGRASS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SAWGRASS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SAWGRASS?
| 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 SAWGRASS is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SAWGRASS
No single letter turns SAWGRASS into another word.
How SAWGRASS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SAWGRASS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 3 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SAWGRASS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SAWGRASS
- SAWGRASS begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SAWGRASS mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A tall sedge with spiny-edged, serrated leaves that grows in wet coastal areas.
Wading through sawgrass is unpleasant because the leaf edges cut skin like tiny saw teeth. The plant is a sedge rather than a true grass, a distinction botanists care about even though the common name suggests otherwise.
How SAWGRASS is used
Used for the sharp-leaved sedge of marshes and coasts, notably in the south-eastern United States.
- The path ran through a sea of sawgrass.
- Her legs were scratched by the sawgrass along the shore.
- Wading birds nested hidden in the dense sawgrass.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SAWGRASS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SAWGRASS
1 longer words begin with SAWGRASS.
Shorter words from the letters in SAWGRASS
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Common questions about SAWGRASS
- Is SAWGRASS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SAWGRASS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SAWGRASS worth?
- SAWGRASS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SAWGRASS mean?
- A tall sedge with spiny-edged, serrated leaves that grows in wet coastal areas.
- What letters can be added to SAWGRASS?
- No single letter can be added to SAWGRASS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SAWGRASS:
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