SORBABLE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SORBABLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SORBABLE?
| 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 SORBABLE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SORBABLE
No single letter turns SORBABLE into another word.
How SORBABLE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SORBABLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SORBABLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SORBABLE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Capable of being taken up by absorption or adsorption.
Chemists and environmental scientists use this term for substances that can be soaked up by a material or held on its surface. Whether a pollutant is sorbable decides how well a filter or soil can remove it.
How SORBABLE is used
Technical; found in chemistry, soil science and filtration engineering.
- The dye is sorbable on activated carbon.
- Only sorbable compounds are removed by this filter.
- They tested which metals were sorbable by the clay.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SORBABLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SORBABLE
The 8 tiles of SORBABLE in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in SORBABLE
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Common questions about SORBABLE
- Is SORBABLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SORBABLE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SORBABLE worth?
- SORBABLE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SORBABLE mean?
- Capable of being taken up by absorption or adsorption.
- What letters can be added to SORBABLE?
- No single letter can be added to SORBABLE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SORBABLE:
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