SEPTENTRION is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. SEPTENTRION is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SEPTENTRION?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SEPTENTRION is to know. It scores 13 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SEPTENTRION
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
septentrionsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SEPTENTRION scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in SEPTENTRION, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SEPTENTRION has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SEPTENTRION mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
The north, or the northern regions of the world.
Septentrion comes from the Latin for the seven plough oxen, the stars of the Great Bear that point north. It survives only in old poetry and learned writing, usually alongside its adjective septentrional.
How SEPTENTRION is used
Septentrion is an archaic literary word for the north.
- The explorers turned their ships toward the septentrion.
- Cold winds blew from the septentrion all week.
- Old maps mark the septentrion as a land of ice.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SEPTENTRION and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SEPTENTRION
4 longer words begin with SEPTENTRION.
Shorter words from the letters in SEPTENTRION
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Common questions about SEPTENTRION
- Is SEPTENTRION valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SEPTENTRION, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SEPTENTRION worth?
- SEPTENTRION is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SEPTENTRION mean?
- The north, or the northern regions of the world.
- What letters can be added to SEPTENTRION?
- SEPTENTRION takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of SEPTENTRION:
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