SIRRA is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. SIRRA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SIRRA?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SIRRA is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SIRRA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SIRRA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SIRRA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 15,491.
What does SIRRA mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicliterary
An older spelling of sirrah, a term of address used to a man or boy, typically to express contempt, superiority or brusque familiarity rather than respect.
Unlike sir, which shows deference, sirra was aimed downward, spoken by a person of higher standing to scold, mock or order about someone beneath them, such as a servant or an impudent youth. Playwrights of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries used sirra often in dialogue to signal that a character was being addressed sharply or dismissively. Modern English keeps the word almost exclusively inside quotations of old plays and poems rather than in living speech.
How SIRRA is used
Found almost only in older literature and its modern quotation, never in ordinary present-day speech.
- Come here, sirra, and explain yourself at once.
- The old play has the master snap sirra at his servant.
- Scholars gloss sirra as a sharper, less respectful cousin of sir.
- The actor barked the word sirra with obvious contempt.
- Sirra appears throughout the drama whenever a superior scolds an underling.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SIRRA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SIRRA
The 5 tiles of SIRRA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SIRRA
3 longer words begin with SIRRA.
Shorter words from the letters in SIRRA
Common questions about SIRRA
- Is SIRRA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SIRRA, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SIRRA worth?
- SIRRA is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SIRRA mean?
- An older spelling of sirrah, a term of address used to a man or boy, typically to express contempt, superiority or brusque familiarity rather than respect.
- What letters can be added to SIRRA?
- SIRRA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SIRRA:
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