SNED is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. SNED 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 SNED?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SNED is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SNED
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
snedsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SNED scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SNED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,404.
What stands out about SNED
- The same 4 tiles also spell 4 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 SNED mean in Scrabble?
verb
dialect
To cut or trim off the tops or branches of something, especially in farm or garden work.
Sned is an old dialect word from Scotland and northern England for lopping the leafy tops off crops such as turnips or beets, or for trimming branches from a tree. It survives mainly among older farm workers and in regional glossaries rather than in general use.
How SNED is used
Dialect; chiefly Scottish and northern English farming vocabulary.
- The farmhands would sned the turnips before loading them onto the cart.
- He learned to sned hedges from his grandfather as a boy.
- Workers sned the beet tops off before storing the roots for winter.
- She sned the dead branches from the old apple tree.
- It took the whole morning to sned the row of overgrown hedges.
dialect
To cut or trim off the tops or branches of something, especially in farm or garden work.
Sned is an old dialect word from Scotland and northern England for lopping the leafy tops off crops such as turnips or beets, or for trimming branches from a tree. It survives mainly among older farm workers and in regional glossaries rather than in general use.
How SNED is used
Dialect; chiefly Scottish and northern English farming vocabulary.
- The farmhands would sned the turnips before loading them onto the cart.
- He learned to sned hedges from his grandfather as a boy.
- Workers sned the beet tops off before storing the roots for winter.
- She sned the dead branches from the old apple tree.
- It took the whole morning to sned the row of overgrown hedges.
Written for this site: 2 meanings of SNED and 10 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SNED
The 4 tiles of SNED in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with SNED
3 longer words begin with SNED.
Words ending in SNED
1 words end in SNED. Useful as a back hook: play SNED onto a word already on the board.
Words with SNED inside
1 words contain SNED in the middle. Words that start with SNED are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SNED
Common questions about SNED
- Is SNED valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SNED, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SNED worth?
- SNED is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SNED mean?
- To cut or trim off the tops or branches of something, especially in farm or garden work.
- What letters can be added to SNED?
- SNED takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SNED:
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