SESAME is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SESAME is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SESAME?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SESAME is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SESAME
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sesamesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SESAME scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SESAME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 167,235.
What stands out about SESAME
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 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 SESAME mean in Scrabble?
noun
A tropical plant grown for its small, flat, oil-rich seeds, which are used in baking, cooking and for making oil and paste.
Sesame seeds sit on hamburger buns, flavour tahini and halva, and yield an oil that is pressed in much of Asia and Africa. The plant is among the oldest cultivated for its oil. The word also lives on in the magic phrase Open sesame, the password that opens the robbers' cave in the tale of Ali Baba. Sesame is a common cause of food allergy.
How SESAME is used
Used for the plant, its seeds and its oil; Open sesame is a set phrase from a folk tale.
- She sprinkled sesame over the warm rolls.
- Tahini is simply ground sesame mixed with oil.
- The label warned that the snack contains sesame.
- He shouted open sesame at the garden gate as a joke.
- Farmers there have grown sesame for centuries.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SESAME and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SESAME
The 6 tiles of SESAME in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SESAME
1 longer words begin with SESAME.
Shorter words from the letters in SESAME
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Common questions about SESAME
- Is SESAME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SESAME, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SESAME worth?
- SESAME is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SESAME mean?
- A tropical plant grown for its small, flat, oil-rich seeds, which are used in baking, cooking and for making oil and paste.
- What letters can be added to SESAME?
- SESAME takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SESAME:
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