SINUOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. SINUOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SINUOUS?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SINUOUS is to know. It scores 7 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SINUOUS
No single letter turns SINUOUS into another word.
How SINUOUS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SINUOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,029 thousand.
What stands out about SINUOUS
- SINUOUS runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
- SINUOUS begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SINUOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Having many curves and turns; winding, or moving with a smooth, snake-like grace.
A river, a road or a dancer can be sinuous when it flows in smooth bends rather than straight lines. The word often carries a sense of elegance or slyness that plain winding lacks.
How SINUOUS is used
Sinuous is used in descriptive and literary writing for rivers, roads, lines and graceful movement.
- The sinuous road climbed the hill in long loops.
- A sinuous snake slipped through the grass.
- The dancer moved with sinuous grace across the stage.
- Critics praised the sinuous melody of the cello.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SINUOUS and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SINUOUS
3 longer words begin with SINUOUS.
Shorter words from the letters in SINUOUS
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Common questions about SINUOUS
- Is SINUOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SINUOUS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SINUOUS worth?
- SINUOUS is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SINUOUS mean?
- Having many curves and turns; winding, or moving with a smooth, snake-like grace.
- What letters can be added to SINUOUS?
- No single letter can be added to SINUOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SINUOUS:
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