SOU is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. SOU is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SOU?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SOU is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 7 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SOU
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SOU scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in SOU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,263.
What does SOU mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A former French coin of very low value.
The sou stopped being legal money in 1795 and stayed in the language for another century as a way of saying nothing at all: not a sou. French does the same with it, which is unusual for a borrowed idiom.
How SOU is used
Countable. Chiefly in not a sou.
- He had not a sou and said so cheerfully.
- The sou stopped being money in 1795.
- The word sou survives only in one phrase.
- Two sous would have bought bread and nothing with it.
- French uses sou in the same idiom English borrowed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SOU and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SOU
The 3 tiles of SOU in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SOU
Showing 24 of 292 words that begin with SOU.
Words ending in SOU
2 words end in SOU. Useful as a back hook: play SOU onto a word already on the board.
Words with SOU inside
Showing 24 of 103 words that contain SOU somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SOU are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SOU
Common questions about SOU
- Is SOU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SOU, where it scores 4 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SOU worth?
- SOU is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SOU mean?
- A former French coin of very low value.
- What letters can be added to SOU?
- SOU takes 7 hooks: 0 in front and 7 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of SOU:
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