SAMBAL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SAMBAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SAMBAL?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SAMBAL is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SAMBAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sambalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SAMBAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SAMBAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 517,384.
What does SAMBAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A hot Southeast Asian relish or paste made from ground chilli peppers, usually mixed with other flavourings.
Sambal is served as a side condiment in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, and it comes in dozens of styles. Common additions are shrimp paste, garlic, shallots, lime juice and tamarind, and some cooks fry the mixture while others serve it raw. A spoonful is stirred into rice or noodles, or dabbed onto grilled fish, according to taste. The word reached English through Malay and Dutch colonial cooking.
How SAMBAL is used
Used in cooking and food writing; it names both the plain chilli paste and its many flavoured versions.
- He stirred a spoonful of sambal into the fried rice.
- The stall sells three kinds of sambal, each hotter than the last.
- My grandmother ground the sambal by hand in a stone bowl.
- Without sambal on the table, the meal felt unfinished to him.
- She learned to make sambal with roasted shrimp paste.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SAMBAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SAMBAL
The 6 tiles of SAMBAL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SAMBAL
1 longer words begin with SAMBAL.
Shorter words from the letters in SAMBAL
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Common questions about SAMBAL
- Is SAMBAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SAMBAL, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SAMBAL worth?
- SAMBAL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SAMBAL mean?
- A hot Southeast Asian relish or paste made from ground chilli peppers, usually mixed with other flavourings.
- What letters can be added to SAMBAL?
- SAMBAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SAMBAL:
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