SODDY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SODDY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SODDY?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SODDY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SODDY
No single letter turns SODDY into another word.
How SODDY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SODDY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 2 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 196,061.
What does SODDY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
North Americandialect
Consisting of, covered with, or resembling sod, a layer of grass-covered earth; also, as a noun, a small house built of blocks of sod, once common on the North American prairie.
Soddy most often describes ground or a roof made from or thickly covered with sod, the turf of grass and packed soil cut in blocks. As a noun, a soddy refers specifically to a house built almost entirely from stacked sod blocks, a practical solution used by settlers on the treeless prairies of the American and Canadian West, where timber for conventional building was scarce. These sod houses kept out heat and cold reasonably well but were prone to leaking during heavy rain and to housing insects within their thick walls. The word survives today mainly in historical writing about pioneer life rather than in everyday speech.
How SODDY is used
Regional and historical, chiefly North American; used both as an adjective for sod-covered ground and as a noun for a sod house.
- The pioneer family lived through their first winter in a small soddy.
- Rain seeped slowly through the thick, soddy roof of the cabin.
- Museum exhibits recreate the cramped interior of a prairie soddy.
- The old trail crossed several miles of soddy, uneven ground.
- Settlers built a soddy because timber was scarce on the open plain.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SODDY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SODDY
Common questions about SODDY
- Is SODDY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SODDY, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SODDY worth?
- SODDY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SODDY mean?
- Consisting of, covered with, or resembling sod, a layer of grass-covered earth; also, as a noun, a small house built of blocks of sod, once common on the North American prairie.
- What letters can be added to SODDY?
- No single letter can be added to SODDY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SODDY:
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