SOMBRE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SOMBRE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SOMBRE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SOMBRE is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SOMBRE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SOMBRE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SOMBRE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 129,346.
What stands out about SOMBRE
- The same 6 tiles also spell 4 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SOMBRE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
British
Dark and dull in colour, or serious and gloomy in mood.
Sombre can describe a grey winter sky, a plain black suit, or the mood in a room after bad news. It came into English from French, where it grew out of Latin words for shade, so the idea of darkness is at its core. The spelling with -re is British; American writers use somber. The word fits funerals, speeches and weather far better than it fits a lively party.
How SOMBRE is used
Common in careful writing and news reporting; somber is the American spelling.
- The mourners wore sombre clothes to the service.
- A sombre silence followed the announcement.
- The painter favoured sombre browns and deep greens.
- Her sombre expression told us the results were poor.
- It was a sombre morning with low cloud over the hills.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SOMBRE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SOMBRE
The 6 tiles of SOMBRE in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with SOMBRE
11 longer words begin with SOMBRE.
Shorter words from the letters in SOMBRE
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Common questions about SOMBRE
- Is SOMBRE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SOMBRE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SOMBRE worth?
- SOMBRE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SOMBRE mean?
- Dark and dull in colour, or serious and gloomy in mood.
- What letters can be added to SOMBRE?
- SOMBRE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SOMBRE:
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