SUPERSEDEAS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. SUPERSEDEAS 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 SUPERSEDEAS?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SUPERSEDEAS is to know. It scores 14 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SUPERSEDEAS
No single letter turns SUPERSEDEAS into another word.
How SUPERSEDEAS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in SUPERSEDEAS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 3 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SUPERSEDEAS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SUPERSEDEAS
- SUPERSEDEAS begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SUPERSEDEAS mean in Scrabble?
noun
legal
A court order that suspends legal proceedings or stops an officer from carrying out another writ.
A supersedeas is often sought while an appeal is pending, so that a judgment cannot yet be enforced. The Latin word means you shall desist.
How SUPERSEDEAS is used
Supersedeas belongs to courtroom language, as in writ of supersedeas or supersedeas bond.
- The lawyer filed a supersedeas to halt the sale.
- A supersedeas bond kept the judgment from being collected.
- The judge granted a supersedeas pending the appeal.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SUPERSEDEAS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SUPERSEDEAS
1 longer words begin with SUPERSEDEAS.
Shorter words from the letters in SUPERSEDEAS
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Common questions about SUPERSEDEAS
- Is SUPERSEDEAS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SUPERSEDEAS, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SUPERSEDEAS worth?
- SUPERSEDEAS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SUPERSEDEAS mean?
- A court order that suspends legal proceedings or stops an officer from carrying out another writ.
- What letters can be added to SUPERSEDEAS?
- No single letter can be added to SUPERSEDEAS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of SUPERSEDEAS:
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