SUDOKU is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SUDOKU is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SUDOKU?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SUDOKU is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SUDOKU
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sudokusChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SUDOKU scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SUDOKU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,552 thousand.
What does SUDOKU mean in Scrabble?
noun
A number puzzle played on a square grid in which every row, column and smaller box must contain each of the digits one to nine exactly once.
A sudoku begins with some of the squares already filled in, and the solver works out the rest by logic alone, with no arithmetic needed. The name is Japanese, shortened from a phrase meaning that the digits must stay single, and the puzzle took off worldwide in the early 2000s after newspapers began printing it daily. Harder grids ask for patient elimination, while easy ones can be finished in a few minutes over coffee.
How SUDOKU is used
Plural sudokus; the word is now fully at home in English and appears in most modern dictionaries.
- He does the sudoku in the paper every morning on the train.
- The sudoku had only seventeen starting numbers and took an hour.
- She pencilled small candidates into the corners of each sudoku square.
- A well-made sudoku has exactly one correct solution.
- The airline magazine ended with a sudoku and a crossword.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SUDOKU and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SUDOKU
1 longer words begin with SUDOKU.
Shorter words from the letters in SUDOKU
Common questions about SUDOKU
- Is SUDOKU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SUDOKU, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SUDOKU worth?
- SUDOKU is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SUDOKU mean?
- A number puzzle played on a square grid in which every row, column and smaller box must contain each of the digits one to nine exactly once.
- What letters can be added to SUDOKU?
- SUDOKU takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SUDOKU:
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