SEA is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. SEA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 3 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SEA?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SEA is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 7 hooks, and its letters make up 8.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SEA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SEA scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in SEA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 374.
What stands out about SEA
- The same 3 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SEA mean in Scrabble?
noun
The salt water covering most of the earth.
Sea and ocean divide by size and by convention rather than by any rule: a sea is usually enclosed, and the exceptions outnumber the cases that fit. The Sargasso Sea has no coast at all and is bounded only by currents.
How SEA is used
Countable and uncountable. Capitalised in names.
- The sea was flat and nobody trusted it.
- A sea is usually enclosed and an ocean is not.
- The Sargasso Sea has no coastline.
- Two seas meet there and the colour changes visibly.
- The word sea and the word ocean divide by convention.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SEA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SEA
The 3 tiles of SEA in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SEA
Showing 24 of 303 words that begin with SEA.
Words ending in SEA
8 words end in SEA. Useful as a back hook: play SEA onto a word already on the board.
Words with SEA inside
Showing 24 of 208 words that contain SEA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SEA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SEA
Common questions about SEA
- Is SEA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SEA, where it scores 3 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SEA worth?
- SEA is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 3 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SEA mean?
- The salt water covering most of the earth.
- What letters can be added to SEA?
- SEA takes 7 hooks: 1 in front and 6 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of SEA:
Open SEA in the Word Finder