SEANCE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SEANCE 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 SEANCE?
| 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 SEANCE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SEANCE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
seancesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SEANCE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SEANCE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 41,809.
What stands out about SEANCE
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 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 SEANCE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A gathering at which people sit together with a medium and try to receive messages from the dead.
A seance is typically held in a darkened room, with the participants seated around a table and often holding hands. Spiritualism made the practice fashionable in the nineteenth century, and sceptics later exposed many tricks used by fraudulent mediums. The word is French and originally meant simply a sitting or session. English kept the French spelling, sometimes with an accent on the first e.
How SEANCE is used
Common in writing about spiritualism, ghost stories and the supernatural.
- They lit a single candle and began the seance.
- The seance ended when the table suddenly shook.
- She attended a seance hoping to hear from her late husband.
- A famous magician exposed the seance as a clever trick.
- The novel opens with a seance in a country house.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SEANCE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SEANCE
The 6 tiles of SEANCE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SEANCE
1 longer words begin with SEANCE.
Shorter words from the letters in SEANCE
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Common questions about SEANCE
- Is SEANCE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SEANCE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SEANCE worth?
- SEANCE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SEANCE mean?
- A gathering at which people sit together with a medium and try to receive messages from the dead.
- What letters can be added to SEANCE?
- SEANCE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SEANCE:
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