SIEUR is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. SIEUR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SIEUR?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SIEUR is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SIEUR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sieursChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SIEUR scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SIEUR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 7,262.
What stands out about SIEUR
- SIEUR 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
What does SIEUR mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaichistorical
A French title of respect placed before a man's name, corresponding to sir or mister in English, met mainly in historical writing about France and French colonial territories.
Sieur appears often in accounts of early French exploration and settlement, where explorers and officials are recorded with the title attached to their names, as in Sieur de La Salle. English writers borrowed the word directly from French rather than translating it, so it keeps its French spelling and pronunciation even inside English sentences. Outside historical writing about France, French Canada or French colonial territories, sieur rarely appears in ordinary modern English.
How SIEUR is used
Encountered mainly in historical writing about French explorers, officials and colonial settlements, rarely in everyday speech.
- The chronicle referred to him formally as Sieur de Mornay.
- Historians still debate exactly which sieur founded the trading post.
- The colonial record listed him simply as sieur, without a first name.
- She translated the old French text, keeping the title sieur unchanged.
- The explorer signed the letter simply as sieur, without his given name.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SIEUR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SIEUR
1 longer words begin with SIEUR.
Words ending in SIEUR
1 words end in SIEUR. Useful as a back hook: play SIEUR onto a word already on the board.
Words with SIEUR inside
1 words contain SIEUR in the middle. Words that start with SIEUR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SIEUR
Common questions about SIEUR
- Is SIEUR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SIEUR, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SIEUR worth?
- SIEUR is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SIEUR mean?
- A French title of respect placed before a man's name, corresponding to sir or mister in English, met mainly in historical writing about France and French colonial territories.
- What letters can be added to SIEUR?
- SIEUR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SIEUR:
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