SENTE is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. SENTE 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 SENTE?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SENTE is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 8.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SENTE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sentedChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How SENTE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SENTE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 7,922.
What stands out about SENTE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 6 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 SENTE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A unit of currency in Lesotho, worth one hundredth of the local currency, the loti; the plural form is lisente.
Lesotho, a small country surrounded entirely by South Africa, introduced its own currency, the loti, alongside the South African rand, and divided it into one hundred sente for everyday small change. Coins denominated in sente circulate together with loti banknotes and are pegged one-to-one in value with South African cents. The plural lisente, rather than a simple added s, follows the pattern of the Sesotho language rather than English grammar. Outside discussions of Lesotho's economy or currency collecting, the word sente appears rarely in English text.
How SENTE is used
A specialist term found in economics, banking and currency-collecting contexts related to Lesotho.
- The coin was worth fifty sente, half of one loti.
- Prices in the market were often listed in sente rather than loti.
- Collectors traded old coins marked in sente from decades past.
- The vendor gave change in a handful of sente coins.
- A single sente buys very little compared with a full loti.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SENTE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SENTE
The 5 tiles of SENTE in a different order — 6 found.
Words starting with SENTE
15 longer words begin with SENTE.
Words ending in SENTE
2 words end in SENTE. Useful as a back hook: play SENTE onto a word already on the board.
Words with SENTE inside
Showing 24 of 72 words that contain SENTE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SENTE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SENTE
Common questions about SENTE
- Is SENTE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SENTE, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SENTE worth?
- SENTE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SENTE mean?
- A unit of currency in Lesotho, worth one hundredth of the local currency, the loti; the plural form is lisente.
- What letters can be added to SENTE?
- SENTE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SENTE:
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