SEIR is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. SEIR 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 SEIR?
| 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 SEIR is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SEIR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
seirsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SEIR scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SEIR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,513.
What stands out about SEIR
- The same 4 tiles also spell 4 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 SEIR mean in Scrabble?
noun
Indian Englishzoology
A fish of the mackerel family caught in the coastal waters of India.
Seir is best known by its alternate spelling seer, and English-language menus and market signs sometimes use one form or the other without much consistency. Cooks along the coast value seir for cooking whole in a curry or slicing into thick steaks for grilling. The unrelated place name Mount Seir in the Bible, spelled the same way but capitalised, refers to a mountainous region rather than to any kind of seafood.
How SEIR is used
Indian English name for a food fish; distinct from the unrelated place name Seir.
- Fishermen along the coast brought in a fine catch of seir that morning.
- The market stall sold fresh seir packed in ice.
- Grilled seir is a common dish in coastal Indian cooking.
- She asked the fishmonger whether the seir had been caught that day.
- The curry recipe called for two thick steaks of seir.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SEIR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SEIR
The 4 tiles of SEIR in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with SEIR
1 longer words begin with SEIR.
Shorter words from the letters in SEIR
Common questions about SEIR
- Is SEIR valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and SEIR is not in it.
- How many points is SEIR worth?
- SEIR is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SEIR mean?
- A fish of the mackerel family caught in the coastal waters of India.
- What letters can be added to SEIR?
- SEIR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SEIR:
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