SUFFERANCE is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. SUFFERANCE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SUFFERANCE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SUFFERANCE is to know. It scores 18 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SUFFERANCE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sufferancesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SUFFERANCE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in SUFFERANCE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SUFFERANCE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SUFFERANCE mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
Passive permission given by not objecting, without real approval.
To be somewhere on sufferance means you are tolerated, not welcomed, and may be asked to leave. The word also has an older sense of patient endurance of pain or hardship.
How SUFFERANCE is used
Formal word, most often in the phrase on sufferance.
- The tenants stayed on sufferance until the sale was complete.
- He was admitted to the club only on sufferance.
- Her sufferance was exhausted after years of delay.
- The old law allowed grazing by sufferance of the landowner.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SUFFERANCE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SUFFERANCE
1 longer words begin with SUFFERANCE.
Shorter words from the letters in SUFFERANCE
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Common questions about SUFFERANCE
- Is SUFFERANCE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SUFFERANCE, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SUFFERANCE worth?
- SUFFERANCE is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SUFFERANCE mean?
- Passive permission given by not objecting, without real approval.
- What letters can be added to SUFFERANCE?
- SUFFERANCE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of SUFFERANCE:
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