SEMEE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. SEMEE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SEMEE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SEMEE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 8.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SEMEE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
semeedChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How SEMEE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SEMEE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 42,777.
What does SEMEE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
heraldry
In heraldry, covered or scattered all over with a repeated pattern of small charges.
A shield described as semee carries a background powdered with the same tiny figure, such as stars, drops or fleurs-de-lis, spaced closely and evenly rather than arranged as one central design. Heralds use the term to describe this strewn field without having to count or list every individual figure, since the design is understood to continue right to the shield's edges. The word entered English from French, where the same root gives semer, meaning to sow, an image that fits a field strewn thickly with countless tiny shapes. A semee field of fleurs-de-lis was traditionally associated with French royal heraldry, appearing on shields long before the more familiar single group of three flowers became standard.
How SEMEE is used
A specialist term from heraldry, used to describe a shield's background pattern rather than its main charge.
- The old banner was semee of small gold stars on a blue field.
- Heralds blazoned the shield as semee of fleurs-de-lis.
- A semee pattern of drops covered the entire surface of the coat of arms.
- The manuscript illustration showed a semee field scattered with tiny crosses.
- Historians traced the semee design back to an early royal family.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SEMEE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SEMEE
1 longer words begin with SEMEE.
Shorter words from the letters in SEMEE
Common questions about SEMEE
- Is SEMEE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SEMEE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SEMEE worth?
- SEMEE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SEMEE mean?
- In heraldry, covered or scattered all over with a repeated pattern of small charges.
- What letters can be added to SEMEE?
- SEMEE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SEMEE:
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