SHMATTE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SHMATTE 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 SHMATTE?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHMATTE is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHMATTE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
shmattesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHMATTE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SHMATTE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 617,576.
What does SHMATTE mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalslang
A rag, or a ragged, shabby piece of clothing.
Shmatte comes from Yiddish and often lands in American English as a humorous word for a cheap or worn garment. It can also be used of the garment trade itself, as in the shmatte business.
How SHMATTE is used
Shmatte is a Yiddish-flavoured informal word for a rag or a poor garment.
- She refused to wear that old shmatte to dinner.
- My grandfather worked in the shmatte trade for forty years.
- He wiped the table with a shmatte from the drawer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHMATTE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SHMATTE
1 longer words begin with SHMATTE.
Shorter words from the letters in SHMATTE
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Common questions about SHMATTE
- Is SHMATTE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHMATTE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHMATTE worth?
- SHMATTE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHMATTE mean?
- A rag, or a ragged, shabby piece of clothing.
- What letters can be added to SHMATTE?
- SHMATTE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SHMATTE:
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