Is SADNESSES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, SADNESSES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 10 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does SADNESSES mean?
Sadnesses is a form of SADNESS.
- noun
emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being
- noun
the state of being sad
“she tired of his perpetual sadness”
- noun
the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
10
Scrabble
11
Words With Friends
9
Letters
S (1) + A (1) + D (2) + N (1) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) + E (1) + S (1) = 10 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for SADNESSES
SADNESSES has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from SADNESSES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- assessed9
- sadness8
- sassed7
- sedans7
- sensed7
- assess6
- nesses6
- sasses6
- senses6
- aedes6
- deans6
- denes6
- dense6
- eased6
- needs6
- sades6
- sands6
- saned6
- sedan6
- seeds6
- sends6
- sneds6
- asses5
- eases5
- esnes5
- esses5
- sanes5
- senes5
- sensa5
- sense5
- ands5
- dans5
- dean5
- dees5
- dene5
- dens5
- ends5
- need5
- sade5
- sand5
- seed5
- send5
- sned5
- anes4
- ease4
- eses4
- esne4
- esse4
- naes4
- ness4
- sane4
- sans4
- sass4
- seas4
- seen4
- sees4
- sene4
- ads4
- and4
- dan4
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