SILLABUB is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SILLABUB is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SILLABUB?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SILLABUB is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SILLABUB
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sillabubsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SILLABUB scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SILLABUB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SILLABUB has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SILLABUB mean in Scrabble?
noun
A dessert of sweetened cream whipped with wine or sherry into a soft, frothy mass.
Traditional English cooks curdled cream or milk with wine to make this treat, often adding lemon and spice. Recipes spell it several ways, and sillabub is one of the older forms.
How SILLABUB is used
Found in historical cookery books and in descriptions of old-fashioned English desserts.
- The sillabub was served in tall glasses at the end of the feast.
- She whisked cream and sherry into a light sillabub.
- A spoonful of lemon sillabub rounded off the meal.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SILLABUB and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SILLABUB
1 longer words begin with SILLABUB.
Shorter words from the letters in SILLABUB
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Common questions about SILLABUB
- Is SILLABUB valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SILLABUB, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SILLABUB worth?
- SILLABUB is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SILLABUB mean?
- A dessert of sweetened cream whipped with wine or sherry into a soft, frothy mass.
- What letters can be added to SILLABUB?
- SILLABUB takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SILLABUB:
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