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Is sorrel a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word sorrel is a Scrabble US word. The word sorrel is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is sorrel a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word sorrel is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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Is sorrel a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word sorrel is a Words With Friends word. The word sorrel is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

SORREL,

5-letter words (9 found)

EORLS,LORES,LOSER,ORLES,ROLES,RORES,SOLER,SOREL,SORER,

4-letter words (17 found)

EORL,EROS,ERRS,LORE,LOSE,OLES,ORES,ORLE,REOS,ROES,ROLE,RORE,ROSE,SERR,SLOE,SOLE,SORE,

3-letter words (17 found)

ELS,ERR,ERS,LES,LOR,LOS,OES,OLE,ORE,ORS,OSE,REO,RES,ROE,SEL,SER,SOL,

2-letter words (9 found)

EL,ER,ES,LO,OE,OR,OS,RE,SO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 54 words from sorrel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of sorrel

sorrel

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɒɹəl/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɔɹəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɒɹəl

Etymology 1

From Middle English sorel, from Old French sorel, surele (“sorrel”), from Old French sur (“sour”), of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sūraz (“sour”); equivalent to sour +‎ -el (diminutive suffix). Compare Old English sūre (“sorrel”), Icelandic súra (“sorrel”), Dutch zuring (“dock (plant), sorrel”). More at sour.

Noun

sorrel (countable and uncountable, plural sorrels)

  1. Any of various plants with acidic leaves, especially
    1. Rumex acetosa (common sorrel, garden sorrel), sometimes used as a salad vegetable.
    2. Members of genus Oxalis or family Oxalidaceae, woodsorrels.
    3. The roselle, Hibiscus sabdariffa.
  2. A drink, consumed especially in the Caribbean around Christmas, made from the flowers of Hibiscus sabdariffa: hibiscus tea.
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  • oxalic acid
  • schav
  • sourwood

Etymology 2

From Middle English *sorel, from Middle French *sorel, sorrel, surrel, from Middle French sor (“yellowish-brown, reddish-brown”), probably from Old Frankish *saur (“dried”), from Proto-Germanic *sauzaz (“dry”), from Proto-Indo-European *saus- (“dry, parched”); equivalent to sore (“reddish-brown”) +‎ -el (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Middle Dutch soor (“dry”), Old High German sōrēn (“to become dry”), and Old English sēar (“withered, barren”). See also sere.

Noun

sorrel (countable and uncountable, plural sorrels)

  1. A brown colour, with a tint of red.
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Adjective

sorrel (not comparable)

  1. Of a brown colour, with a tint of red. (especially: a sorrel horse)
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See also

  • Appendix:Colors

Further reading

  • sorrel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Source: wiktionary.org