SHERBET is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SHERBET is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHERBET?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHERBET is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHERBET
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sherbetsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHERBET scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SHERBET, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 421,074.
What does SHERBET mean in Scrabble?
noun
A frozen fruit-flavoured dessert, or in British use a fizzy sweet powder eaten on its own.
The meaning depends on the country: in North America sherbet is a light frozen dessert with fruit and milk, while in Britain it is more often a fizzing powder sold in paper bags. The word also names a cooling fruit drink of the Middle East.
How SHERBET is used
Sherbet is used for a frozen dessert in North America and a fizzy sweet in Britain.
- For dessert there was lemon sherbet in small glass dishes.
- The children dipped liquorice sticks into a bag of sherbet.
- A glass of rose sherbet cooled them in the afternoon heat.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHERBET and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SHERBET
The 7 tiles of SHERBET in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SHERBET
1 longer words begin with SHERBET.
Shorter words from the letters in SHERBET
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Common questions about SHERBET
- Is SHERBET valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHERBET, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHERBET worth?
- SHERBET is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHERBET mean?
- A frozen fruit-flavoured dessert, or in British use a fizzy sweet powder eaten on its own.
- What letters can be added to SHERBET?
- SHERBET takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SHERBET:
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