Is SAMPLES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, SAMPLES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 11 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does SAMPLES mean?
Samples is a form of SAMPLE.
- noun
a small part of something intended as representative of the whole
- noun
items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population
- verb
take a sample of
“Try these new crackers”
- noun
all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
11
Scrabble
14
Words With Friends
7
Letters
S (1) + A (1) + M (3) + P (3) + L (1) + E (1) + S (1) = 11 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 SAMPLES
SAMPLES 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.
Anagrams of SAMPLES
Words that use exactly the same letters.
Words you can make from SAMPLES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- mapless11
- maples10
- plasms10
- psalms10
- sample10
- ample9
- lamps9
- maple9
- palms9
- plasm9
- psalm9
- samps9
- spams9
- spasm9
- lapses8
- passel8
- saleps8
- sepals8
- spales8
- amps8
- lamp8
- maps8
- palm8
- pams8
- samp8
- spam8
- almes7
- apses7
- lames7
- lapse7
- leaps7
- males7
- mases7
- masse7
- meals7
- mesas7
- pales7
- pases7
- passe7
- peals7
- pleas7
- salep7
- salps7
- seams7
- sepal7
- slams7
- slaps7
- spaes7
- spale7
- amp7
- map7
- pam7
- alme6
- alms6
- alps6
- apes6
- apse6
- asps6
- elms6
- lame6
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