SORDID is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SORDID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SORDID?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SORDID is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SORDID
No single letter turns SORDID into another word.
How SORDID scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SORDID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does SORDID mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Morally low and shameful, or dirty and wretched in appearance.
A sordid affair or sordid motive points to greed, deceit or cruelty that people would rather not discuss. The word can also describe a shabby, filthy place, as in sordid lodgings. It comes from the Latin for dirty, and the moral sense now matters more than the physical one.
How SORDID is used
Often used of scandals, details and motives.
- The newspaper printed every sordid detail of the case.
- He lived in a sordid room above the shop.
- No one suspected the sordid truth behind the deal.
- A sordid quarrel over money split the family.
- The film showed a sordid side of city life.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SORDID and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SORDID
The 6 tiles of SORDID in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SORDID
5 longer words begin with SORDID.
Shorter words from the letters in SORDID
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Common questions about SORDID
- Is SORDID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SORDID, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SORDID worth?
- SORDID is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SORDID mean?
- Morally low and shameful, or dirty and wretched in appearance.
- What letters can be added to SORDID?
- No single letter can be added to SORDID to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SORDID:
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