Is SAUERBRATEN a Valid Scrabble Word?

Scrabble validity check · NWL2023 + CSW21 · French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, German & Portuguese dictionaries

Yes — SAUERBRATEN is a valid Scrabble word worth 13 points.

SAUERBRATEN appears in CSW21 (Collins Scrabble Words). It is valid in international (Collins) Scrabble but not in North American play.

SAUERBRATEN — Scrabble Points & Letter Breakdown

SAUERBRATEN is worth 13 pointsin Scrabble, calculated as the sum of each letter's tile value:

Letter	Count	Points each	Subtotal
A	2	1	2
E	2	1	2
R	2	1	2
B	1	3	3
N	1	1	1
S	1	1	1
T	1	1	1
U	1	1	1
Total			13

SAUERBRATEN in Every Dictionary & Language

Scrabble dictionaries are language-specific — a word can be unplayable in English but perfectly legal in another language's game. Here is how SAUERBRATEN fares across all eight:

Dictionary	Language / region	SAUERBRATEN valid?
NWL2023	English — North America	No
CSW21	English — international	Yes
ODS9	French	No
FISE	Spanish	No
Zingarelli	Italian	No
OpenTaal	Dutch	No
wordIzy word list *	German	No
wordIzy word list *	Portuguese	No

* German and Portuguese have no freely-licensed official Scrabble dictionary — wordIzy uses its own filtered word lists (the same lists that power the German and Portuguese games on this site). Matching follows the site-wide convention of stripping accents (é → e), so ELEVE matches ÉLÈVE in the French ODS9.

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