SESQUIALTERA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 21 points

It depends on the list you play by. SESQUIALTERA is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 21 points. Words with Friends does accept it.

Which word lists accept SESQUIALTERA?

Word power: 35 / 100

Our own measure of how useful SESQUIALTERA is to know. It scores 21 from 12 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for SESQUIALTERA

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How SESQUIALTERA scores

Face value of the 12 tiles in SESQUIALTERA, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SESQUIALTERA has to be built on the board across turns.

What stands out about SESQUIALTERA

• SESQUIALTERA runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.

Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things

Words starting with SESQUIALTERA

1 longer words begin with SESQUIALTERA.

Shorter words from the letters in SESQUIALTERA

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Common questions about SESQUIALTERA

Is SESQUIALTERA valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts SESQUIALTERA, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is SESQUIALTERA worth?

SESQUIALTERA is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to SESQUIALTERA?

SESQUIALTERA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.