SUTRA is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. SUTRA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SUTRA?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SUTRA is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SUTRA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sutrasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SUTRA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SUTRA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about SUTRA
- The same 5 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 SUTRA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A concise verse or aphorism, or a collection of such teachings, especially one forming part of Hindu, Buddhist, or Jain religious and philosophical literature.
A sutra is originally a short, tightly worded rule or aphorism composed so that it could be memorised and passed down before texts were regularly written out, and the word itself comes from a Sanskrit root meaning thread, since such sayings were seen as strung together like beads. In Hindu tradition, sutras cover subjects from grammar to ritual to yoga, most famously in Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. Buddhist tradition uses the related word sutta to name the recorded discourses attributed to the Buddha, collected into extensive scriptural texts. The term sutra has also entered general English loosely, for any short rule or guiding principle drawn from Indian philosophy.
How SUTRA is used
Used in discussion of Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain religious and philosophical texts, and occasionally borrowed loosely for any pithy guiding principle.
- She studied the sutra known as the Yoga Sutra as part of her meditation training.
- Each sutra was only a line or two long, meant to be memorised.
- The scholar translated a set of ancient grammatical sutras.
- Buddhist monks chanted a sutra before the evening meal.
- His book borrowed the word sutra for its short chapters of advice.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SUTRA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SUTRA
The 5 tiles of SUTRA in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SUTRA
1 longer words begin with SUTRA.
Words ending in SUTRA
1 words end in SUTRA. Useful as a back hook: play SUTRA onto a word already on the board.
Words with SUTRA inside
1 words contain SUTRA in the middle. Words that start with SUTRA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SUTRA
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Common questions about SUTRA
- Is SUTRA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SUTRA, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SUTRA worth?
- SUTRA is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SUTRA mean?
- A concise verse or aphorism, or a collection of such teachings, especially one forming part of Hindu, Buddhist, or Jain religious and philosophical literature.
- What letters can be added to SUTRA?
- SUTRA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SUTRA:
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