SUSPIRE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SUSPIRE 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 SUSPIRE?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SUSPIRE is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SUSPIRE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SUSPIRE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SUSPIRE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 514,646.
What stands out about SUSPIRE
- The same 7 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SUSPIRE mean in Scrabble?
verb
literaryarchaic
To sigh or breathe deeply.
Suspire is a poetic word for a long, audible breath, often of longing or sorrow. It comes from the Latin for breathe from below, and it appears in older verse more than in modern prose. The related noun is suspiration.
How SUSPIRE is used
A literary and archaic verb found in poetry and older novels.
- She would suspire at the window each evening.
- The old poet made the lovers suspire under the moon.
- He heard her suspire and knew she was troubled.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SUSPIRE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SUSPIRE
The 7 tiles of SUSPIRE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SUSPIRE
2 longer words begin with SUSPIRE.
Shorter words from the letters in SUSPIRE
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Common questions about SUSPIRE
- Is SUSPIRE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SUSPIRE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SUSPIRE worth?
- SUSPIRE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SUSPIRE mean?
- To sigh or breathe deeply.
- What letters can be added to SUSPIRE?
- SUSPIRE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SUSPIRE:
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