sorbet
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 6
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Definition of sorbet
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)Frozen fruit juice, sometimes mixed with egg whites, eaten as dessert or between courses of a meal.
“After dinner we had an orange sorbet that was very refreshing.”
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Etymology
Etymology tree Arabic شَرِبَ (šariba)der. Arabic شَرْبَة (šarba)bor. Classical Persian شَرْبَت (šarbat)bor. Ottoman Turkish شربت (şerbet)bor. Italian sorbettobor. Middle French sorbetbor. English sorbet Borrowed from Middle French sorbet, borrowed from Italian sorbetto, borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شربت (şerbet), borrowed from Classical Persian شَرْبَت (šarbat), borrowed from Arabic شَرْبَة (šarba), from شَرِبَ (šariba). Doublet of sherbet and sharbat, related to syrup.
Words you can make from sorbet
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11 words4-letter words
29 words- BEST 6 pts
- BETS 6 pts
- BORE 6 pts
- BORT 6 pts
- BOTS 6 pts
- BROS 6 pts
- OBES 6 pts
- ORBS 6 pts
- REBS 6 pts
- ROBE 6 pts
- ROBS 6 pts
- SORB 6 pts
- STOB 6 pts
- EROS 4 pts
- ERST 4 pts
- ORES 4 pts
- ORTS 4 pts
- REST 4 pts
- RETS 4 pts
- ROES 4 pts
- ROSE 4 pts
- ROTE 4 pts
- ROTS 4 pts
- SORE 4 pts
- SORT 4 pts
- TOES 4 pts
- TORE 4 pts
- TORS 4 pts
- TRES 4 pts
3-letter words
27 words2-letter words
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