SHOFAR is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SHOFAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHOFAR?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHOFAR is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHOFAR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
shofarsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHOFAR scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SHOFAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What does SHOFAR mean in Scrabble?
noun
A trumpet made from the horn of a ram, sounded in Jewish religious ceremonies.
The shofar is among the oldest wind instruments still in ritual use. It is blown in synagogues during the High Holy Days, most famously on Rosh Hashanah, and its harsh, wavering call is meant to wake the listener to reflection. In ancient times the same horn also served to signal an army or to summon a crowd. Because it has no valves or finger holes, a player controls the sound only with breath and lip.
How SHOFAR is used
Used in religious and historical contexts; the spelling shophar is a variant.
- The congregation fell silent when the shofar was raised.
- He practised for weeks before he could sound a clear note on the shofar.
- A shofar call opened the new year service.
- The museum keeps an ancient shofar in a glass case.
- Its tone made the shofar easy to hear across the valley.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHOFAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SHOFAR
1 longer words begin with SHOFAR.
Shorter words from the letters in SHOFAR
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Common questions about SHOFAR
- Is SHOFAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHOFAR, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHOFAR worth?
- SHOFAR is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHOFAR mean?
- A trumpet made from the horn of a ram, sounded in Jewish religious ceremonies.
- What letters can be added to SHOFAR?
- SHOFAR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SHOFAR:
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