SHERRIS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SHERRIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHERRIS?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHERRIS is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHERRIS
No single letter turns SHERRIS into another word.
How SHERRIS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SHERRIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 823,434.
What stands out about SHERRIS
- SHERRIS begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SHERRIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
An old word for sherry, the fortified wine from southern Spain.
Writers of the Tudor and Stuart periods drank sherris, often sweetened and warmed. The word is best known today from Shakespeare, where a character praises the effects of good sherris.
How SHERRIS is used
Sherris appears in old literature and is not used in modern speech.
- Falstaff praised a cup of sherris in the play.
- The inn served sherris to the travellers.
- He called for sherris and a roasted fowl.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHERRIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SHERRIS
1 longer words begin with SHERRIS.
Shorter words from the letters in SHERRIS
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Common questions about SHERRIS
- Is SHERRIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHERRIS, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHERRIS worth?
- SHERRIS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHERRIS mean?
- An old word for sherry, the fortified wine from southern Spain.
- What letters can be added to SHERRIS?
- No single letter can be added to SHERRIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SHERRIS:
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