What SAPONIN Means
- noun: any of various plant glucosides that form soapy lathers when mixed and agitated with water; used in detergents and foaming agents and emulsifiers
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
SAPONIN is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 A1 P3 O1 N1 I1 N1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 59 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In SAPONIN
117 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
6 letter words (8)
5 letter words (16)
4 letter words (37)
AINSANISANNOANNSANONAPOSAPSOINNSIONSISNANAINNANSNAOINAOSNAPSNIPANIPSNONANONIPAINPAISPANSPIANPIASPINAPINSPIONPISOPOASPOISPONSSAINSNAPSNIPSOAPSPANSPIN
3 letter words (39)
AINAISANIANNANSAPOASPINNINSIONIOSISONANNAPNASNIPNISNONNOSOISONSOPSPANPASPIAPINPISPOAPOIPOSPSISAISANSAPSINSIPSONSOPSPA
2 letter words (17)
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