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Is sherpa a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word sherpa is a Scrabble US word. The word sherpa is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

S1H4E1R1P3A1

Is sherpa a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word sherpa is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

S1H4E1R1P3A1

Is sherpa a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word sherpa is a Words With Friends word. The word sherpa is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1H3E1R1P4A1

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6-letter words (10 found)

HEPARS,PHARES,PHASER,PHRASE,RAPHES,SERAPH,SHAPER,SHERPA,SPHAER,SPHEAR,

5-letter words (27 found)

APERS,APRES,ASPER,EPHAS,HARES,HARPS,HEAPS,HEARS,HEPAR,PARES,PARSE,PEARS,PHARE,PHASE,PRASE,PRESA,RAPES,RAPHE,REAPS,RHEAS,SHAPE,SHARE,SHARP,SHEAR,SPAER,SPARE,SPEAR,

4-letter words (42 found)

APER,APES,APSE,ARES,ARSE,EARS,EPHA,ERAS,HAES,HAPS,HARE,HARP,HASP,HEAP,HEAR,HEPS,HERS,HESP,PAHS,PARE,PARS,PASE,PASH,PEAR,PEAS,PEHS,RAHS,RAPE,RAPS,RASE,RASH,RASP,REAP,REHS,REPS,RESH,RHEA,SEAR,SERA,SHEA,SPAE,SPAR,

3-letter words (39 found)

AHS,APE,ARE,ARS,ASH,ASP,EAR,EAS,EHS,ERA,ERS,HAE,HAP,HAS,HEP,HER,HES,PAH,PAR,PAS,PEA,PEH,PER,PES,PRE,RAH,RAP,RAS,REH,REP,RES,SAE,SAP,SAR,SEA,SER,SHA,SHE,SPA,

2-letter words (14 found)

AE,AH,AR,AS,EA,EH,ER,ES,HA,HE,PA,PE,RE,SH,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 133 words from sherpa according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of sherpa

sherpa

Etymology

From Sherpa. The verb derives from the noun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɜː(ɹ)pə/

Noun

sherpa (countable and uncountable, plural sherpas)

  1. (countable) A local mountain guide or porter, particularly a male of the Nepalese Sherpa people so employed.
  2. (countable) An expert accompanying a high-ranking leader to a summit meeting.
  3. A synthetic fabric with a long, thick pile, similar to faux fur, imitation lamb wool, or fleece.

Descendants

  • → Italian: sherpa
  • → Portuguese: xerpa

Translations

See also

  • advance person, emissary

Verb

sherpa (third-person singular simple present sherpas, present participle sherpaing, simple past and past participle sherpaed)

  1. (rare) To serve as a guide or porter for another.

Anagrams

  • E sharp, E-sharp, Harpes, Sharpe, Spehar, e sharp, e-sharp, harpes, hepars, pasher, phares, phaser, phrase, raphes, seraph, shaper, sharpe, shrape, sphear

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • sjerpa

Etymology

Borrowed from English sherpa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɛr.paː/
  • Hyphenation: sher‧pa

Noun

sherpa m (plural sherpa's)

  1. A sherpa, local mountain guide/porter.
  2. A sherpa, expert accompanying a high-ranking leader to a summit meeting.

Related terms

  • Sherpa

Italian

Alternative forms

  • scerpa

Etymology

Borrowed from English sherpa, from Tibetan ཤར་པ། (shar pa, “easterner”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): */ˈʃɛr.pa/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrpa
  • Hyphenation: shèr‧pa

Noun

sherpa m or f by sense (invariable)

  1. Sherpa (member of a Himalayan ethnic group)
  2. sherpa (mountain guide or porter)

Further reading

  • sherpa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃeɾpa/ [ˈʃeɾ.pa]
  • Rhymes: -eɾpa
  • Syllabification: sher‧pa

Noun

sherpa m or f by sense (plural sherpas)

  1. sherpa
  2. Sherpa

Further reading

  • “sherpa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org