SOD is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. SOD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SOD?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SOD is to know. It scores 4 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SOD
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SOD scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in SOD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,263.
What stands out about SOD
- The same 3 tiles also spell 3 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 SOD mean in Scrabble?
noun
A piece of turf with grass growing on it.
Sod is the turf itself, and the American phrase about sod houses names the buildings settlers cut from prairie grass where there was no timber. A separate British sod is a mild insult with a blunter and unrelated origin.
How SOD is used
Countable and uncountable. The insult is a separate word.
- A sod of turf lifted cleanly with a spade.
- Settlers built sod houses where no trees grew.
- The word sod names the turf and not the soil under it.
- Two sods laid the wrong way up and both died.
- The British insult spelled sod is a different word.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SOD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SOD
The 3 tiles of SOD in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SOD
Showing 24 of 59 words that begin with SOD.
Words ending in SOD
2 words end in SOD. Useful as a back hook: play SOD onto a word already on the board.
Words with SOD inside
Showing 24 of 106 words that contain SOD somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SOD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SOD
Common questions about SOD
- Is SOD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SOD, where it scores 4 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SOD worth?
- SOD is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SOD mean?
- A piece of turf with grass growing on it.
- What letters can be added to SOD?
- SOD takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of SOD:
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