SABLE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. SABLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SABLE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SABLE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SABLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SABLE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SABLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What stands out about SABLE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 6 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SABLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A small, dark-furred marten native to the forests of northern Asia, valued for its soft, glossy fur.
A sable hunts small prey through the dense conifer forests of Siberia and Japan, but the animal is far better known for its thick, dark coat than for its habits, since sable fur has been one of the most prized furs in the world for centuries. The same word names the fur itself once it is removed from the animal, and by extension a deep black colour, so a sable evening dress or sable hair need have nothing to do with the animal at all. In heraldry, sable is the formal name for the colour black on a coat of arms, shown in drawings by a pattern of crossed lines. Overhunting for its fur has made the wild sable far rarer than it once was across much of its range.
How SABLE is used
The animal and its fur are the everyday senses; the colour sense survives mainly in heraldry and in literary or poetic description.
- Trappers once prized the sable above almost every other fur-bearing animal.
- She wore a coat trimmed with sable along the collar and cuffs.
- The coat of arms showed a black eagle on a field of sable.
- His hair was described in the old novel as sable and unruly.
- Conservationists tracked how far the wild sable population had fallen.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SABLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SABLE
The 5 tiles of SABLE in a different order — 6 found.
Words starting with SABLE
6 longer words begin with SABLE.
Words ending in SABLE
Showing 24 of 206 words that end in SABLE. Useful as a back hook: play SABLE onto a word already on the board.
Words with SABLE inside
Showing 24 of 34 words that contain SABLE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SABLE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SABLE
Showing 40 of 51. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about SABLE
- Is SABLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SABLE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SABLE worth?
- SABLE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SABLE mean?
- A small, dark-furred marten native to the forests of northern Asia, valued for its soft, glossy fur.
- What letters can be added to SABLE?
- SABLE takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SABLE:
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