SAMBAR is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SAMBAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SAMBAR?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SAMBAR is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SAMBAR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sambarsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SAMBAR scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SAMBAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 344,923.
What does SAMBAR mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large dark-coated deer of southern Asia with three-pointed antlers; also a south Indian lentil and vegetable stew.
The sambar lives in forests from India and Sri Lanka to Southeast Asia, and it is among the largest deer of the region. Stags carry rough antlers with three points on each side and, in the breeding season, grow a shaggy mane at the neck. The same word, spelled the same way, names a spiced stew of lentils and vegetables served with rice, idli or dosa in south India. A rarer spelling for the animal is sambur.
How SAMBAR is used
Context decides the meaning: a wildlife text means the deer, a menu or recipe means the stew.
- A sambar called from the edge of the jungle at dusk.
- The tiger stalked a young sambar near the waterhole.
- Stags of the sambar can weigh more than three hundred kilograms.
- We ate idli with a bowl of hot sambar for breakfast.
- Tamarind gives the sambar its slight sourness.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SAMBAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SAMBAR
1 longer words begin with SAMBAR.
Shorter words from the letters in SAMBAR
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Common questions about SAMBAR
- Is SAMBAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SAMBAR, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SAMBAR worth?
- SAMBAR is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SAMBAR mean?
- A large dark-coated deer of southern Asia with three-pointed antlers; also a south Indian lentil and vegetable stew.
- What letters can be added to SAMBAR?
- SAMBAR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SAMBAR:
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