SED is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. SED 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 4 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept SED?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SED is to know. It scores 4 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SED
Front hooks — 1
usedBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How SED scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in SED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 842.
What stands out about SED
- The same 3 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 SED mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicliterary
To say something; an old and dialectal spelling of the past tense said.
Sed is simply an alternative way of writing said, matching how the word actually sounds. The poet Milton used it in his verse, and later dialect and folk writing kept the spelling to capture ordinary speech on the page.
How SED is used
Found in older poetry and dialect writing rather than standard modern spelling.
- She sed she would be home before dark.
- He sed nothing more about the letter after that.
- They sed the harvest would be poor this year.
- I sed I was sorry, but he wouldn't listen.
- The old woman sed the storm was coming early.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SED and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SED
The 3 tiles of SED in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SED
Showing 24 of 92 words that begin with SED.
Words ending in SED
Showing 24 of 2058 words that end in SED. Useful as a back hook: play SED onto a word already on the board.
Words with SED inside
Showing 24 of 146 words that contain SED somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SED are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SED
Common questions about SED
- Is SED valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and SED is not in it.
- How many points is SED worth?
- SED is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SED mean?
- To say something; an old and dialectal spelling of the past tense said.
- What letters can be added to SED?
- SED takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of SED:
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