SORBIC is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SORBIC 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 SORBIC?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SORBIC is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SORBIC
No single letter turns SORBIC into another word.
How SORBIC scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SORBIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What does SORBIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistry
Relating to the rowan tree or to the acid first obtained from its berries.
Sorbic is almost always met in the phrase sorbic acid, a mild compound that stops mould and yeast from growing. It was first isolated from the juice of rowan berries, whose botanical genus is Sorbus, and that is where the name comes from. Today the acid is made in factories and added to cheese, wine, baked goods and drinks as a preservative.
How SORBIC is used
Technical; found on food labels and in chemistry texts, nearly always before the word acid.
- The label lists sorbic acid as the preservative.
- A little sorbic salt keeps the cheese from going mouldy.
- The chemist explained why the sorbic compound resists yeast.
- Early sorbic extracts came from crushed rowan berries.
- Check whether the wine contains sorbic additives.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SORBIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SORBIC
The 6 tiles of SORBIC in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in SORBIC
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Common questions about SORBIC
- Is SORBIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SORBIC, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SORBIC worth?
- SORBIC is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SORBIC mean?
- Relating to the rowan tree or to the acid first obtained from its berries.
- What letters can be added to SORBIC?
- No single letter can be added to SORBIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SORBIC:
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