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Yes. The word sombre is a Scrabble US word. The word sombre is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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6-letter words (5 found)

BROMES,OMBERS,OMBRES,SOMBER,SOMBRE,

5-letter words (17 found)

BERMS,BESOM,BORES,BORMS,BROME,BROSE,MEBOS,MOBES,MOERS,MORES,MORSE,OMBER,OMBRE,OMERS,ROBES,SMORE,SOBER,

4-letter words (29 found)

BERM,BORE,BORM,BORS,BROS,EMOS,EROS,MOBE,MOBS,MOER,MOES,MORE,MORS,MOSE,OBES,OMER,ORBS,ORES,REBS,REMS,REOS,ROBE,ROBS,ROES,ROMS,ROSE,SOME,SORB,SORE,

3-letter words (31 found)

BES,BOR,BOS,BRO,EMO,EMS,ERM,ERS,MES,MOB,MOE,MOR,MOS,OBE,OBS,OES,OMS,ORB,ORE,ORS,OSE,REB,REM,REO,RES,ROB,ROE,ROM,SER,SOB,SOM,

2-letter words (14 found)

BE,BO,EM,ER,ES,ME,MO,OB,OE,OM,OR,OS,RE,SO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 97 words from sombre according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of sombre

sombre

Etymology

Borrowed from French sombre (“dark”), from Old French sombre, from a verb *sombrer or Latin sub- +‎ umbra. Compare Spanish sombra (“shade; dark part of a picture; ghost”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɒmbə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɑmbɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɒmbə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: som‧bre

Adjective

sombre (comparative sombrer, superlative sombrest) (British spelling, Canadian spelling)

  1. Dark; gloomy; shadowy, dimly lit.
  2. Dull or dark in colour or brightness.
  3. Melancholic, gloomy, dreary, dismal; grim.
  4. Grave; extremely serious.
    a sombre situation

Alternative forms

  • somber (US)

Derived terms

  • sombre tit/somber tit
  • sombrish
  • sombrely
  • sombresome

Translations

Noun

sombre (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Gloom; obscurity; duskiness.

Verb

sombre (third-person singular simple present sombres, present participle sombring, simple past and past participle sombred)

  1. To make sombre or dark; to make shady.

References

  • “sombre”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Bomers, bromes, ombres, somber

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French sombre, likely from Latin sub umbra (“in/under the shade”); compare Spanish and Portuguese sombra (“shade, shadow”). Possibly derived through a verb *sombrer, from a Vulgar Latin *subumbrāre (“to shade, enshadow”), though this does not seem necessary. Compare also Old French essombre, with a different prefix.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɔ̃bʁ/

Adjective

sombre (plural sombres)

  1. dark
    Synonyms: foncé, obscur
    Antonym: clair
  2. (derogatory) right, damn, bloody
    un sombre crétin ― a prize idiot, a complete idiot, an unspeakable imbecile

Derived terms

  • coupe sombre
  • matière sombre

Related terms

  • ombre

Descendants

  • → English: sombre

Verb

sombre

  1. inflection of sombrer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • “sombre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • ombres

Norman

Etymology

From Old French sombre, from a verb *sombrer (from a Vulgar Latin *subumbrāre), or from Latin sub (“under”) + umbra (“shadow”).

Adjective

sombre m or f

  1. (Jersey) sombre, dark

Spanish

Verb

sombre

  1. inflection of sombrar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org