SYRAH is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. SYRAH is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 11 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept SYRAH?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SYRAH is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SYRAH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
syrahsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SYRAH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SYRAH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does SYRAH mean in Scrabble?
noun
A dark-skinned wine grape variety, and the red wine produced from it, grown widely in France and elsewhere.
Syrah ripens into small, thick-skinned berries that give wine makers deep colour, firm tannin and flavours often described as peppery or smoky. The grape is grown most famously in the Rhone valley of France, and the same vine is planted in Australia and other countries under the name shiraz. Wine sold as syrah tends to be labelled that way when it follows the drier, more restrained French style rather than the fruitier Australian one.
How SYRAH is used
Used on wine labels and in writing about wine and winemaking.
- The vineyard planted several rows of syrah on the sunniest slope.
- Their house red is a peppery syrah from an old family plot.
- She prefers syrah to a lighter, fruitier white.
- The label named the grape as syrah rather than its Australian cousin.
- A glass of syrah went well with the roasted lamb.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SYRAH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SYRAH
1 longer words begin with SYRAH.
Shorter words from the letters in SYRAH
Common questions about SYRAH
- Is SYRAH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SYRAH, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SYRAH worth?
- SYRAH is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SYRAH mean?
- A dark-skinned wine grape variety, and the red wine produced from it, grown widely in France and elsewhere.
- What letters can be added to SYRAH?
- SYRAH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SYRAH:
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