SENTENTIA is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SENTENTIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SENTENTIA?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SENTENTIA is to know. It scores 9 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SENTENTIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How SENTENTIA scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SENTENTIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SENTENTIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SENTENTIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A short, pithy saying that states a general truth or moral, a maxim.
Sententia is the Latin source of the English sentence and survives in classical studies for quotable lines in Roman prose and drama. Students of rhetoric collect each sententia as a ready-made lesson.
How SENTENTIA is used
Used in classical scholarship and rhetoric, with the plural sententiae.
- The speech ended with a memorable sententia.
- Each sententia in the play was copied into his notebook.
- The teacher asked us to explain the sententia in plain words.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SENTENTIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SENTENTIA
The 9 tiles of SENTENTIA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SENTENTIA
3 longer words begin with SENTENTIA.
Shorter words from the letters in SENTENTIA
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Common questions about SENTENTIA
- Is SENTENTIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SENTENTIA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SENTENTIA worth?
- SENTENTIA is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SENTENTIA mean?
- A short, pithy saying that states a general truth or moral, a maxim.
- What letters can be added to SENTENTIA?
- SENTENTIA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SENTENTIA:
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