ARBA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. ARBA is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept ARBA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARBA is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARBA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
arbasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ARBA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ARBA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does ARBA mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalregional
A heavy, often covered, wagon traditionally used for travel and transport by Tatars and other peoples of Central Asia.
An arba is a rough two-wheeled or four-wheeled cart, typically pulled by oxen, camels, or horses, and once common across the steppes and caravan routes of Central Asia and the Caucasus. Travellers' accounts from the region describe long, jolting journeys made in an arba along roads with no other transport available.
How ARBA is used
Encountered mainly in older travel writing and historical descriptions of Central Asia rather than in modern speech.
- The caravan crossed the desert with supplies loaded on a creaking arba.
- We hired an arba and driver to take us across the plain.
- The wheels of the arba sank deep into the dusty track.
- Villagers used the arba to carry grain to the market town.
- An old arba stood abandoned beside the well.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARBA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ARBA
9 longer words begin with ARBA.
Words ending in ARBA
1 words end in ARBA. Useful as a back hook: play ARBA onto a word already on the board.
Words with ARBA inside
Showing 24 of 108 words that contain ARBA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ARBA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ARBA
Common questions about ARBA
- Is ARBA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ARBA is not in it.
- How many points is ARBA worth?
- ARBA is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARBA mean?
- A heavy, often covered, wagon traditionally used for travel and transport by Tatars and other peoples of Central Asia.
- What letters can be added to ARBA?
- ARBA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ARBA:
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