SOVRAN is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SOVRAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SOVRAN?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SOVRAN is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SOVRAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sovransChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SOVRAN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SOVRAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What does SOVRAN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
poeticarchaic
Supreme in rank or power; a poetic spelling of sovereign.
Poets shorten sovereign to sovran to fit a line of verse, most famously in Milton, where it carries a lofty, ceremonial tone. The same spelling can also stand for a ruler as a noun. Beyond verse, the word sovran turns up in old-fashioned prose praising a remedy or an authority as the very best.
How SOVRAN is used
Poetic and archaic; found in verse and in deliberately elevated prose.
- The poet addressed the sea as sovran of all waters.
- He read of a sovran king who ruled from a mountain.
- Old writers praised the herb as a sovran cure for fever.
- The line needed sovran where the prose would have sovereign.
- A sovran calm settled over the valley.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SOVRAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SOVRAN
4 longer words begin with SOVRAN.
Shorter words from the letters in SOVRAN
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Common questions about SOVRAN
- Is SOVRAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SOVRAN, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SOVRAN worth?
- SOVRAN is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SOVRAN mean?
- Supreme in rank or power; a poetic spelling of sovereign.
- What letters can be added to SOVRAN?
- SOVRAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SOVRAN:
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