SABZI is not a Scrabble word — it is valid only in Words with Friends
No for Scrabble. SABZI is in none of the Scrabble word lists, but Words with Friends accepts it: that game keeps its own list, and it includes short forms that the paper dictionaries never carried. Worth 17 points there.
Which word lists accept SABZI?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Not listed |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SABZI is to know. It scores 16 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SABZI
No single letter turns SABZI into another word.
How SABZI scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SABZI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 116,184.
What does SABZI mean in Scrabble?
noun
A general term in South Asian and Middle Eastern cooking for vegetables or a cooked vegetable dish, especially leafy greens.
Sabzi is used across Persian, Afghan and South Asian kitchens as a broad word for vegetables, and often names a specific dish of greens cooked with spices, oil and sometimes meat. A well-known example is sabzi made from spinach or herbs simmered slowly until dark and fragrant. Home cooks and restaurant menus alike use the word both for raw vegetables and for the finished, cooked dish.
How SABZI is used
A common culinary term in Persian, Afghan and South Asian cooking, describing vegetables in general or a specific cooked dish.
- She chopped fresh sabzi for the evening meal.
- The restaurant served lamb with a side of sabzi.
- Sabzi simmered on the stove all afternoon.
- Her grandmother's sabzi recipe used seven kinds of herbs.
- The market stall sold bunches of sabzi for the soup.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SABZI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SABZI
Common questions about SABZI
- Is SABZI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SABZI, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SABZI worth?
- SABZI is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SABZI mean?
- A general term in South Asian and Middle Eastern cooking for vegetables or a cooked vegetable dish, especially leafy greens.
- What letters can be added to SABZI?
- No single letter can be added to SABZI to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SABZI:
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