sheri

Not valid in Scrabble

It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
7
Letters
5

Definition of sheri

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. A female given name, variant of Sherry.
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name

  1. A female given name, variant of Sherry.

noun

  1. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete form of Shar
    “The Sheri being based upon the Koran is held to be divine and immutable.”
    “The law of the Sheri does not authorize the Khalíf to place beside him a power superior to his own.”
    “Whosever shall by misadventure be guilty of homicide, or shall have unintentionally occasioned the same, shall be sentenced by the judgment of the Court to make such compensation of a civil nature, as is due to the representatives of the deceased according to the law of the Sheri.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شرع (şerʿ, şeriʿ), from Arabic شَرْع (šarʕ).

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