Is SANCTIONS a word?
SANCTIONS is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words With Friends, has 9 letters, and can be rearranged into 1 other word, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, SANCTIONS is a valid word.
What does sanctions mean?
SANCTIONS is an inflected form of sanction.
noun: formal and explicit approval.
“a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
SANCTIONS: word details
- Pronunciation: SANGK-shuhnz (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 9 letters, a long word. It is one of 41,139 9-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 11 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 14 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
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Solve a whole rack, not just SANCTIONS
SANCTIONS is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does SANCTIONS mean?
SANCTIONS is an inflected form of sanction and is a noun. It means: formal and explicit approval.
Is SANCTIONS a valid word?
Yes, SANCTIONS is a valid word. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.