SECO is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. SECO 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 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept SECO?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SECO is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SECO
No single letter turns SECO into another word.
How SECO scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SECO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,106.
What stands out about SECO
- The same 4 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 SECO mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Dry, used especially to describe wine.
Seco is Italian and Spanish for dry, and English writing about wine borrows it directly on some labels and in tasting notes instead of translating it, much as French sec is used the same way. It signals that a wine has little or no perceptible sweetness.
How SECO is used
Used mainly on wine labels and in tasting descriptions rather than everyday speech.
- The label marked the bottle seco rather than sweet.
- He preferred a seco style over anything fruity.
- The tasting notes described the wine as crisp and seco.
- A truly seco wine leaves almost no sugar on the tongue.
- She asked the waiter for something seco to pair with fish.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SECO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SECO
The 4 tiles of SECO in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SECO
Showing 24 of 28 words that begin with SECO.
Words with SECO inside
Showing 24 of 27 words that contain SECO somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SECO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SECO
Common questions about SECO
- Is SECO valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and SECO is not in it.
- How many points is SECO worth?
- SECO is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SECO mean?
- Dry, used especially to describe wine.
- What letters can be added to SECO?
- No single letter can be added to SECO to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SECO:
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