SAMSHU is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SAMSHU is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SAMSHU?
| 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 SAMSHU is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SAMSHU
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
samshusChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SAMSHU scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SAMSHU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,380 thousand.
What does SAMSHU mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A strong Chinese spirit distilled from fermented rice or millet.
Samshu is an old Anglicised rendering of a Chinese word for a distilled grain liquor, and it appears mostly in travel books and colonial-era writing about China and the treaty ports. Foreign writers often described it as harsh and fiery, and many travellers met it on trading routes. The spelling samshoo is a recorded alternative, and modern writing usually names the particular spirit instead.
How SAMSHU is used
Dated and historical; met in older travel writing rather than in current usage.
- The sailors passed around a flask of samshu on the quay.
- Samshu was served warm in small porcelain cups.
- The traveller wrote that the samshu burned his throat.
- A jar of cloudy samshu stood beside the innkeeper.
- He bought a bottle of samshu from a river merchant.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SAMSHU and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SAMSHU
The 6 tiles of SAMSHU in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SAMSHU
1 longer words begin with SAMSHU.
Shorter words from the letters in SAMSHU
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Common questions about SAMSHU
- Is SAMSHU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SAMSHU, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SAMSHU worth?
- SAMSHU is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SAMSHU mean?
- A strong Chinese spirit distilled from fermented rice or millet.
- What letters can be added to SAMSHU?
- SAMSHU takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SAMSHU:
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