SHERD is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SHERD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHERD?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHERD is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHERD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sherdsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHERD scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SHERD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 32,677.
What stands out about SHERD
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SHERD mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A broken fragment of pottery, especially one dug up during an archaeological excavation.
Sherd is essentially the same word as shard, but archaeologists have settled on this spelling specifically for pieces of broken ceramic vessels found at dig sites. By studying the shape, glaze, and decoration of a single sherd, researchers can often work out roughly when and where the original pot was made. The word also survives inside the compound potsherd, an older term for the same kind of broken pottery fragment.
How SHERD is used
A technical term used mainly in archaeology and pottery studies rather than in everyday conversation.
- The team catalogued every sherd recovered from the trench.
- A single painted sherd was enough to date the layer of the site.
- Children on the school trip were shown how to identify a sherd of Roman pottery.
- The museum displayed sherds reconstructed into part of an ancient jar.
- He found a small sherd half-buried near the riverbank.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHERD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SHERD
The 5 tiles of SHERD in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SHERD
1 longer words begin with SHERD.
Words ending in SHERD
1 words end in SHERD. Useful as a back hook: play SHERD onto a word already on the board.
Words with SHERD inside
3 words contain SHERD in the middle. Words that start with SHERD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SHERD
Common questions about SHERD
- Is SHERD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHERD, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHERD worth?
- SHERD is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHERD mean?
- A broken fragment of pottery, especially one dug up during an archaeological excavation.
- What letters can be added to SHERD?
- SHERD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SHERD:
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