SIEN is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. SIEN 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 4 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept SIEN?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SIEN is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SIEN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SIEN scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SIEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,513.
What stands out about SIEN
- The same 4 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 SIEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
An old word for a scion, a young shoot cut from a plant for grafting, or a descendant of a family.
Sien is an older spelling met in Shakespeare and other early writing, standing for what is now usually spelled scion. A sien could be the twig cut for grafting onto another tree, or, by extension, a child or descendant carrying on a family line. The word fell out of use as scion became the standard spelling.
How SIEN is used
Archaic; found in early texts, replaced by scion in modern English.
- The gardener grafted a sien from the old apple tree.
- He called the young heir the noble sien of the house.
- The old book still spells scion as sien.
- A sien taken in spring roots more easily than one cut in winter.
- The family line continued through a single surviving sien.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SIEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SIEN
The 4 tiles of SIEN in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SIEN
7 longer words begin with SIEN.
Words ending in SIEN
1 words end in SIEN. Useful as a back hook: play SIEN onto a word already on the board.
Words with SIEN inside
15 words contain SIEN in the middle. Words that start with SIEN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SIEN
Common questions about SIEN
- Is SIEN valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and SIEN is not in it.
- How many points is SIEN worth?
- SIEN is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SIEN mean?
- An old word for a scion, a young shoot cut from a plant for grafting, or a descendant of a family.
- What letters can be added to SIEN?
- SIEN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SIEN:
Open SIEN in the Word Finder