SHERE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 8 points
It depends on the list you play by. SHERE is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 8 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept SHERE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHERE is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHERE
No single letter turns SHERE into another word.
How SHERE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SHERE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 23,765.
What stands out about SHERE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 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 SHERE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaicliterary
Complete, pure, or extremely steep; an old spelling of sheer used by Spenser.
Shere is simply an older way of writing sheer, keeping the same range of meanings: absolute and complete, as in shere delight, or dangerously steep, as in a shere cliff face. The spelling appears in Spenser's poetry before sheer became the standard modern form.
How SHERE is used
Found in older literary English, especially Spenser, rather than modern writing.
- The knight felt shere joy at the sight of home.
- A shere drop fell away just beyond the path.
- It was shere folly to cross the river at night.
- Her courage showed itself in shere determination.
- The cliff rose in a shere wall above the shore.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHERE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SHERE
The 5 tiles of SHERE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SHERE
3 longer words begin with SHERE.
Words with SHERE inside
13 words contain SHERE in the middle. Words that start with SHERE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SHERE
Common questions about SHERE
- Is SHERE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and SHERE is not in it.
- How many points is SHERE worth?
- SHERE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHERE mean?
- Complete, pure, or extremely steep; an old spelling of sheer used by Spenser.
- What letters can be added to SHERE?
- No single letter can be added to SHERE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SHERE:
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