SAZ is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. SAZ 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 12 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept SAZ?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SAZ is to know. It scores 12 from 3 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SAZ
No single letter turns SAZ into another word.
How SAZ scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in SAZ, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,492.
What does SAZ mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
A long-necked lute of Turkey and the countries around it.
The saz has a small pear-shaped body and a neck out of all proportion to it, with movable frets that let a player find the intervals a fixed fretboard leaves out. It carries the folk repertoire of Anatolia and is played as much to sing over as for its own sake, so a saz in a room usually means somebody is about to be accompanied.
How SAZ is used
Countable: a saz, two sazes. Regional names distinguish the different sizes.
- He tuned the saz and the room went quiet.
- A saz has more frets than a guitar and smaller gaps between them.
- She learned the saz before she learned to read music.
- Two sazes and a drum made up the whole band.
- The saz was carried across the border wrapped in a blanket.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SAZ and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SAZ
The 3 tiles of SAZ in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SAZ
6 longer words begin with SAZ.
Words with SAZ inside
5 words contain SAZ in the middle. Words that start with SAZ are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SAZ
Common questions about SAZ
- Is SAZ valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SAZ, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SAZ worth?
- SAZ is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SAZ mean?
- A long-necked lute of Turkey and the countries around it.
- What letters can be added to SAZ?
- No single letter can be added to SAZ to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of SAZ:
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