ARB is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. ARB is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ARB?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARB is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 7 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARB
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ARB scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ARB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What stands out about ARB
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ARB mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A person who trades on price differences between markets.
Arb is clipped from arbitrageur, and the work is the same in every market: buy in one place and sell in another where the price is higher, before anybody else notices. Computers made the margins vanish and the job largely with them.
How ARB is used
Countable: an arb, two arbs. Also the trade itself.
- An arb makes money from a gap that closes in seconds.
- The arb was gone before the price moved back.
- Two arbs on opposite sides of the same trade.
- The word arb is clipped from a much longer French one.
- Computers left very little for an arb to do by hand.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARB and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ARB
The 3 tiles of ARB in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ARB
Showing 24 of 107 words that begin with ARB.
Words ending in ARB
12 words end in ARB. Useful as a back hook: play ARB onto a word already on the board.
Words with ARB inside
Showing 24 of 647 words that contain ARB somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ARB are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ARB
Common questions about ARB
- Is ARB valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ARB, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ARB worth?
- ARB is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARB mean?
- A person who trades on price differences between markets.
- What letters can be added to ARB?
- ARB takes 7 hooks: 5 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ARB:
Open ARB in the Word Finder