SENA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. SENA 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 SENA?
| 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 SENA 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 SENA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
senasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SENA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SENA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,513.
What stands out about SENA
- The same 4 tiles also spell 5 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 SENA mean in Scrabble?
noun
Indian English
In Hindi, an army or an organised military force.
Sena is a Hindi word that has passed into Indian English writing to mean an army or a body of armed men. English texts about Indian history often keep the Hindi term untranslated when referring generally to such a force. It works as an ordinary common noun for an army, not as the name of any single specific group.
How SENA is used
Indian English; a Hindi loanword for army, met mainly in writing about India.
- Old chronicles describe the rajas sena marching toward the border.
- Historians use sena where an English text might simply say army.
- The sena was said to number several thousand foot soldiers.
- A sena of that size needed constant supplies of grain.
- The word sena appears untranslated in many accounts of the period.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SENA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SENA
The 4 tiles of SENA in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with SENA
16 longer words begin with SENA.
Words ending in SENA
1 words end in SENA. Useful as a back hook: play SENA onto a word already on the board.
Words with SENA inside
12 words contain SENA in the middle. Words that start with SENA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SENA
Common questions about SENA
- Is SENA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and SENA is not in it.
- How many points is SENA worth?
- SENA is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SENA mean?
- In Hindi, an army or an organised military force.
- What letters can be added to SENA?
- SENA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SENA:
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