SMA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 5 points
It depends on the list you play by. SMA 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 5 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept SMA?
| 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 SMA is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SMA
No single letter turns SMA into another word.
How SMA scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in SMA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What stands out about SMA
- The same 3 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 SMA mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Scots
A Scots dialect word for small.
Sma reflects an older Lowland vowel shift that rounded the sound in the English small, a pattern also seen in snaw for snow. Robert Burns and other regional poets favoured the spelling for its distinct sound in verse and song. Present-day Scots writing keeps sma current well beyond simple translations of standard English text.
How SMA is used
Regional Scots usage; standard English writes small.
- The cottage had a sma garden out back.
- He kept a sma flask of whisky for the journey.
- The bairn was still sma enough to carry.
- A sma fire warmed the corner of the room.
- She wore a sma brooch pinned to her collar.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SMA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SMA
The 3 tiles of SMA in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SMA
Showing 24 of 143 words that begin with SMA.
Words ending in SMA
20 words end in SMA. Useful as a back hook: play SMA onto a word already on the board.
Words with SMA inside
Showing 24 of 508 words that contain SMA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SMA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SMA
Common questions about SMA
- Is SMA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and SMA is not in it.
- How many points is SMA worth?
- SMA is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SMA mean?
- A Scots dialect word for small.
- What letters can be added to SMA?
- No single letter can be added to SMA to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of SMA:
Open SMA in the Word Finder