SCEND is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SCEND is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SCEND?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCEND is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCEND
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SCEND scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SCEND, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 32,677.
What does SCEND mean in Scrabble?
noun
nautical
The upward surge or heave of a ship or the sea produced by the motion of waves.
The scend of a wave describes the lifting motion felt on a vessel as the wave passes beneath it, distinct from the roll from side to side or the pitch from bow to stern. Sailors and shipwrights use the word when planning how a boat will behave against a dock or pier, since a strong scend can lift a hull suddenly and strain its mooring lines. The same word can also serve as a verb, describing a boat or the sea rising in this way. Scend is a specialized nautical term rather than one used in ordinary conversation.
How SCEND is used
A nautical term used mainly by sailors and in writing about ships and the sea.
- The scend of the swell made the small boat rise and fall sharply.
- Mooring lines must allow for the scend at high tide.
- Sailors felt the scend of each wave lift the deck beneath them.
- A sudden scend nearly threw the crew off balance.
- The harbor's design accounts for the scend caused by passing storms.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCEND and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SCEND
3 longer words begin with SCEND.
Words ending in SCEND
6 words end in SCEND. Useful as a back hook: play SCEND onto a word already on the board.
Words with SCEND inside
Showing 24 of 81 words that contain SCEND somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SCEND are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SCEND
Common questions about SCEND
- Is SCEND valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCEND, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCEND worth?
- SCEND is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCEND mean?
- The upward surge or heave of a ship or the sea produced by the motion of waves.
- What letters can be added to SCEND?
- SCEND takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SCEND:
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