SABRE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. SABRE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SABRE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SABRE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SABRE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SABRE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SABRE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about SABRE
- 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 SABRE mean in Scrabble?
noun
British
A heavy cavalry sword with a curved blade and a single cutting edge, or a lighter sword of similar shape used in fencing.
A cavalry sabre was designed for slashing from horseback rather than thrusting, so its curved blade could cut deeply as a rider swept past an enemy at speed. Fencers borrowed both the name and the general shape for a lighter, blunted sport weapon, though the modern fencing sabre keeps only the curve of the original handguard rather than the heavy cutting blade. Sabre also works as a verb, so soldiers were once said to sabre an enemy when they struck them down with the weapon in battle. British English keeps the spelling sabre, while American English almost always writes the same word as saber.
How SABRE is used
The standard British spelling, used of the cavalry weapon, the fencing weapon and occasionally as a verb; American English writes saber instead.
- The cavalry officer drew his sabre before ordering the charge.
- A museum case displayed a curved sabre used in the nineteenth century.
- The fencer scored the winning touch with a quick sweep of her sabre.
- Soldiers were trained to sabre an enemy from horseback at full gallop.
- The sabre's curved blade made it well suited to cutting rather than thrusting.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SABRE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SABRE
The 5 tiles of SABRE in a different order — 6 found.
Words starting with SABRE
9 longer words begin with SABRE.
Shorter words from the letters in SABRE
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Common questions about SABRE
- Is SABRE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SABRE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SABRE worth?
- SABRE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SABRE mean?
- A heavy cavalry sword with a curved blade and a single cutting edge, or a lighter sword of similar shape used in fencing.
- What letters can be added to SABRE?
- SABRE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SABRE:
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