SHARIFIAN is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. SHARIFIAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHARIFIAN?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHARIFIAN is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHARIFIAN
No single letter turns SHARIFIAN into another word.
How SHARIFIAN scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SHARIFIAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SHARIFIAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SHARIFIAN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
historical
Relating to a sharif, a noble claiming descent from the Prophet Muhammad through his daughter Fatima.
Sharifian is used mainly for dynasties and families whose rulers traced their lineage to the Prophet. Moroccan rulers, for instance, are called a Sharifian dynasty.
How SHARIFIAN is used
Sharifian is found in historical and political writing about North Africa and the Middle East.
- The Sharifian dynasty ruled Morocco for centuries.
- He claimed a sharifian pedigree for his family.
- Historians describe a sharifian court with great ceremony.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHARIFIAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SHARIFIAN
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Common questions about SHARIFIAN
- Is SHARIFIAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHARIFIAN, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHARIFIAN worth?
- SHARIFIAN is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHARIFIAN mean?
- Relating to a sharif, a noble claiming descent from the Prophet Muhammad through his daughter Fatima.
- What letters can be added to SHARIFIAN?
- No single letter can be added to SHARIFIAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SHARIFIAN:
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