SPONSION is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SPONSION is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPONSION?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPONSION is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPONSION
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sponsionsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPONSION scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SPONSION, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SPONSION has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SPONSION mean in Scrabble?
noun
legal
The act of promising or becoming surety for another person, especially an engagement made for a government without proper authority.
In international law a sponsion is a promise made by an agent who went beyond his powers, so it binds the state only if the state later approves it. The older general sense is simply an act of standing security for someone else.
How SPONSION is used
Sponsion belongs to legal and diplomatic writing and is rare in everyday English.
- The treaty clause was treated as a sponsion until the government ratified it.
- By sponsion, the envoy committed his country to a pledge he had no power to make.
- The lawyer explained that a sponsion does not bind a state unless approved.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPONSION and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SPONSION
The 8 tiles of SPONSION in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SPONSION
2 longer words begin with SPONSION.
Shorter words from the letters in SPONSION
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Common questions about SPONSION
- Is SPONSION valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPONSION, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPONSION worth?
- SPONSION is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPONSION mean?
- The act of promising or becoming surety for another person, especially an engagement made for a government without proper authority.
- What letters can be added to SPONSION?
- SPONSION takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SPONSION:
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