SENGI is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. SENGI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SENGI?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SENGI is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SENGI
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sengisChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SENGI scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SENGI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,682.
What stands out about SENGI
- The same 5 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 SENGI mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A small African mammal with a long flexible snout, popularly known as an elephant shrew, that feeds mainly on insects.
A sengi moves in quick darting bursts across open ground, relying on speed rather than size to escape foxes, snakes and birds of prey. More than a dozen species are recognised across Africa, ranging from desert plains to rocky hillsides and dense forest, and each keeps to a fixed network of cleared paths through the undergrowth. The older popular name elephant shrew is misleading, since a sengi is neither a true shrew nor closely related to elephants; the name simply nods to its trunk-like nose. Zoologists have adopted sengi as the more accurate term for the whole family.
How SENGI is used
Used chiefly in zoology and African wildlife writing rather than in everyday conversation.
- A sengi shot along its cleared trail the instant a shadow crossed overhead.
- The researchers weighed each sengi before releasing it back into the scrub.
- A rock sengi will freeze against the stone until the danger passes.
- Field notes described the sengi's nose twitching constantly as it hunted ants.
- Two sengi species share the same patch of coastal forest without competing for food.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SENGI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SENGI
The 5 tiles of SENGI in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SENGI
1 longer words begin with SENGI.
Shorter words from the letters in SENGI
Common questions about SENGI
- Is SENGI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SENGI, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SENGI worth?
- SENGI is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SENGI mean?
- A small African mammal with a long flexible snout, popularly known as an elephant shrew, that feeds mainly on insects.
- What letters can be added to SENGI?
- SENGI takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SENGI:
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