SENSE is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. SENSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SENSE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SENSE is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SENSE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SENSE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SENSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 31,687.
What stands out about SENSE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 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 SENSE mean in Scrabble?
noun
One of the natural faculties, such as sight, hearing, taste, smell or touch, through which a living creature perceives information from its body or its surroundings.
Humans and most animals rely on five traditional senses to build a picture of the world, though scientists now also recognise internal senses such as balance and the awareness of one's own body position. Losing one sense, such as sight, often sharpens how strongly a person relies on the others to compensate. Beyond the physical senses, English also uses sense for sound judgement, as when someone is said to have good sense, and for a particular meaning of a word, as in the phrase in the strict sense. This range of related meanings all trace back to the same idea of perceiving or grasping something correctly.
How SENSE is used
An everyday word covering physical perception, sound judgement and the meaning of words, depending on context.
- Sight is the sense most people say they would least like to lose.
- She has a good sense of direction even in unfamiliar cities.
- His sense of humour helped ease the tension in the room.
- The word carries a different sense in formal legal writing.
- Common sense told him to check the weather before leaving.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SENSE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SENSE
The 5 tiles of SENSE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SENSE
9 longer words begin with SENSE.
Words ending in SENSE
8 words end in SENSE. Useful as a back hook: play SENSE onto a word already on the board.
Words with SENSE inside
8 words contain SENSE in the middle. Words that start with SENSE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SENSE
Common questions about SENSE
- Is SENSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SENSE, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SENSE worth?
- SENSE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SENSE mean?
- One of the natural faculties, such as sight, hearing, taste, smell or touch, through which a living creature perceives information from its body or its surroundings.
- What letters can be added to SENSE?
- SENSE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SENSE:
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