SORTIE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. SORTIE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SORTIE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SORTIE is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SORTIE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SORTIE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SORTIE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,581.
What stands out about SORTIE
- The same 6 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 SORTIE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A single military mission flown by one aircraft, or a sudden attack made by troops coming out from a besieged or defended position.
A sortie originally described defenders rushing out from a fortress or camp to strike at a besieging enemy before retreating back inside. In modern usage it more often counts a single flight by a warplane on a combat mission, so that air forces report their activity in numbers of sorties flown. The word can also work as a verb, meaning to make such a sortie.
How SORTIE is used
Common in military and aviation reporting; also used loosely for any brief venture out from safety.
- The squadron flew three sorties before nightfall.
- Defenders launched a sortie against the besieging army at dawn.
- Pilots logged every sortie in the mission book.
- The garrison made a desperate sortie to seize enemy supplies.
- He joked that his trip to the shops was his only sortie of the day.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SORTIE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SORTIE
The 6 tiles of SORTIE in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with SORTIE
3 longer words begin with SORTIE.
Shorter words from the letters in SORTIE
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Common questions about SORTIE
- Is SORTIE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SORTIE, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SORTIE worth?
- SORTIE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SORTIE mean?
- A single military mission flown by one aircraft, or a sudden attack made by troops coming out from a besieged or defended position.
- What letters can be added to SORTIE?
- SORTIE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SORTIE:
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