SERJEANT is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. SERJEANT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SERJEANT?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SERJEANT is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SERJEANT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SERJEANT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SERJEANT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| j | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SERJEANT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SERJEANT mean in Scrabble?
noun
Britishhistorical
An old spelling of sergeant, also an English barrister of the highest rank.
A serjeant-at-law pleaded before the royal courts, and the rank was wound up in the nineteenth century. The spelling serjeant still survives in some military and ceremonial titles, such as the serjeant-at-arms.
How SERJEANT is used
Serjeant is a British or historical spelling used in legal and ceremonial titles.
- The serjeant argued the case before the judges.
- A serjeant of the guard saluted the king.
- Dickens mentions a famous serjeant in his novel.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SERJEANT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SERJEANT
7 longer words begin with SERJEANT.
Shorter words from the letters in SERJEANT
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Common questions about SERJEANT
- Is SERJEANT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SERJEANT, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SERJEANT worth?
- SERJEANT is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SERJEANT mean?
- An old spelling of sergeant, also an English barrister of the highest rank.
- What letters can be added to SERJEANT?
- SERJEANT takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SERJEANT:
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