SUBLIME is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SUBLIME is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SUBLIME?
| 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: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SUBLIME is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SUBLIME
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SUBLIME scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SUBLIME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 578,977.
What does SUBLIME mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Of such outstanding beauty or grandeur that it inspires awe.
Sublime is praise of the highest kind, used for scenery, music and ideas that lift the mind beyond the ordinary. As a verb in science it means something different: a solid turning straight into vapour.
How SUBLIME is used
Used for things that inspire awe, and less often as a science verb for solids turning into vapour.
- The view from the summit was sublime.
- He played the slow movement with sublime delicacy.
- Dry ice will sublime into gas at room temperature.
- The poem aims at the sublime rather than the pretty.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SUBLIME and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SUBLIME
8 longer words begin with SUBLIME.
Shorter words from the letters in SUBLIME
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Common questions about SUBLIME
- Is SUBLIME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SUBLIME, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SUBLIME worth?
- SUBLIME is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SUBLIME mean?
- Of such outstanding beauty or grandeur that it inspires awe.
- What letters can be added to SUBLIME?
- SUBLIME takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SUBLIME:
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