SAMPHIRE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. SAMPHIRE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SAMPHIRE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SAMPHIRE is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SAMPHIRE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
samphiresChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SAMPHIRE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SAMPHIRE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SAMPHIRE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SAMPHIRE
- All 8 letters of SAMPHIRE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SAMPHIRE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A fleshy green plant of sea cliffs and salt marshes, eaten as a vegetable.
Samphire has a salty crunch that makes it a popular partner for fish. Two quite different plants share the name, one growing on rocky cliffs and the other, often called marsh samphire, in muddy salt marshes.
How SAMPHIRE is used
Samphire is used in cooking and in books on coastal plants.
- We served the sea bass with steamed samphire.
- Samphire grows in the salt marsh near the estuary.
- She picked fresh samphire along the shore.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SAMPHIRE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SAMPHIRE
The 8 tiles of SAMPHIRE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SAMPHIRE
1 longer words begin with SAMPHIRE.
Shorter words from the letters in SAMPHIRE
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Common questions about SAMPHIRE
- Is SAMPHIRE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SAMPHIRE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SAMPHIRE worth?
- SAMPHIRE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SAMPHIRE mean?
- A fleshy green plant of sea cliffs and salt marshes, eaten as a vegetable.
- What letters can be added to SAMPHIRE?
- SAMPHIRE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SAMPHIRE:
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