SEI is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. SEI 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 SEI?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SEI is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 8.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SEI
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SEI scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in SEI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 374.
What does SEI mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large baleen whale of the open ocean.
The sei whale takes its name from the Norwegian word for pollock, because the two arrived off the coast in the same season. It is among the fastest whales there are and can hold fifty kilometres an hour.
How SEI is used
Countable: a sei, two seis. Usually sei whale.
- A sei whale can outswim most boats over a short distance.
- The word sei is Norwegian for pollock.
- Two sei surfaced together and neither stayed up.
- The sei is a baleen whale and eats nothing large.
- Whalers named the sei after a fish, not after itself.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SEI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SEI
Showing 24 of 123 words that begin with SEI.
Words ending in SEI
4 words end in SEI. Useful as a back hook: play SEI onto a word already on the board.
Words with SEI inside
Showing 24 of 95 words that contain SEI somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SEI are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SEI
Common questions about SEI
- Is SEI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SEI, where it scores 3 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SEI worth?
- SEI is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 3 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SEI mean?
- A large baleen whale of the open ocean.
- What letters can be added to SEI?
- SEI takes 5 hooks: 0 in front and 5 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of SEI:
Open SEI in the Word Finder