SOCS is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. SOCS 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 6 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept SOCS?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 24 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SOCS is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SOCS
No single letter turns SOCS into another word.
How SOCS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SOCS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 40,846.
What does SOCS mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
An informal short name for the school or college subject of sociology.
Students often shorten the names of academic subjects, and socs is one such clipped form, standing for sociology the way econ stands for economics or psych for psychology. It appears mainly in casual spoken or written contexts about timetables and courses.
How SOCS is used
Informal; used by students rather than in formal academic writing.
- I have socs first thing on Monday morning.
- She dropped socs to take an extra history class.
- Our socs teacher assigned a long essay on social class.
- He struggled with socs until the second term.
- The timetable lists socs right after lunch.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SOCS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SOCS
The 4 tiles of SOCS in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in SOCS
Common questions about SOCS
- Is SOCS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SOCS, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SOCS worth?
- SOCS is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SOCS mean?
- An informal short name for the school or college subject of sociology.
- What letters can be added to SOCS?
- No single letter can be added to SOCS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SOCS:
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