SAWTOOTH is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. SAWTOOTH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SAWTOOTH?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SAWTOOTH is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SAWTOOTH
No single letter turns SAWTOOTH into another word.
How SAWTOOTH scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SAWTOOTH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SAWTOOTH has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SAWTOOTH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Having an edge or outline of repeated points, each with one steep and one gentle slope, like the teeth of a saw.
Factories with sawtooth roofs let in steady daylight through the vertical side of each slope. In electronics, a sawtooth wave rises slowly and drops sharply, and the same jagged shape appears on leaves and mountain ridges.
How SAWTOOTH is used
Used in architecture, electronics and descriptions of zigzag outlines.
- The old mill had a sawtooth roof with glass along one side.
- The signal on the screen was a clean sawtooth wave.
- A sawtooth ridge of rock rose above the valley.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SAWTOOTH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SAWTOOTH
1 longer words begin with SAWTOOTH.
Shorter words from the letters in SAWTOOTH
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Common questions about SAWTOOTH
- Is SAWTOOTH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SAWTOOTH, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SAWTOOTH worth?
- SAWTOOTH is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SAWTOOTH mean?
- Having an edge or outline of repeated points, each with one steep and one gentle slope, like the teeth of a saw.
- What letters can be added to SAWTOOTH?
- No single letter can be added to SAWTOOTH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SAWTOOTH:
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