SOURDOUGH is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. SOURDOUGH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SOURDOUGH?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SOURDOUGH is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SOURDOUGH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sourdoughsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SOURDOUGH scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SOURDOUGH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SOURDOUGH has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SOURDOUGH mean in Scrabble?
noun
Bread dough fermented with a live starter of wild yeast and bacteria, or bread made from it.
Sourdough gets its tang from slow fermentation and keeps its starter alive by regular feeding. In the old American West the word also named a seasoned prospector.
How SOURDOUGH is used
Sourdough names both the fermenting starter and the loaves baked with it.
- She feeds her sourdough every morning.
- We had sourdough toast with butter.
- A sourdough starter can live for decades.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SOURDOUGH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SOURDOUGH
1 longer words begin with SOURDOUGH.
Shorter words from the letters in SOURDOUGH
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Common questions about SOURDOUGH
- Is SOURDOUGH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SOURDOUGH, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SOURDOUGH worth?
- SOURDOUGH is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SOURDOUGH mean?
- Bread dough fermented with a live starter of wild yeast and bacteria, or bread made from it.
- What letters can be added to SOURDOUGH?
- SOURDOUGH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SOURDOUGH:
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