SIES is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. SIES 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 SIES?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SIES is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SIES
No single letter turns SIES into another word.
How SIES scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SIES, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,051.
What does SIES mean in Scrabble?
interjection
South African
A South African exclamation expressing disgust.
Sies is used on its own as a short cry when someone is disgusted by a smell, sight or action, much as ugh or yuck are used in other varieties of English. It is common in everyday South African speech across several of the country's languages and has passed into South African English largely unchanged. It is not used as a noun or verb, only as an exclamation.
How SIES is used
South African English; used as a spoken exclamation rather than in formal writing.
- Sies, what is that terrible smell?
- She said sies and pushed the plate away.
- Sies, man, close the bin properly.
- The children shouted sies when the frog jumped out.
- He wrinkled his nose and muttered sies under his breath.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SIES and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SIES
The 4 tiles of SIES in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SIES
2 longer words begin with SIES.
Words ending in SIES
Showing 24 of 157 words that end in SIES. Useful as a back hook: play SIES onto a word already on the board.
Words with SIES inside
Showing 24 of 133 words that contain SIES somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SIES are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SIES
Common questions about SIES
- Is SIES valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and SIES is not in it.
- How many points is SIES worth?
- SIES is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SIES mean?
- A South African exclamation expressing disgust.
- What letters can be added to SIES?
- No single letter can be added to SIES to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SIES:
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