ARBOR is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. ARBOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ARBOR?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARBOR is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARBOR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ARBOR scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ARBOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 34,855.
What does ARBOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
A garden structure of latticework or an arch, often covered with climbing plants, that provides shade or supports a walkway.
An arbor typically stands over a path, bench, or entrance, its open framework built to be gradually covered by roses, grapevines, or other climbing plants until it forms a shaded green tunnel or archway. The spelling arbor is standard in American English, while arbour is preferred in British English, though both refer to the same kind of structure. Away from gardens, arbor also names a rotating shaft or spindle in machinery, such as the axle that holds a cutting tool in a lathe, a sense with no connection to plants at all. Both this word and the tree-planting holiday Arbor Day trace back to the Latin word for tree, though the two uses developed along separate paths.
How ARBOR is used
The standard American spelling for the garden structure; British writing generally uses arbour instead.
- Wisteria climbed thickly over the wooden arbor by the gate.
- They exchanged vows beneath a flower-covered arbor.
- The gardener repainted the arbor before the vines grew back.
- A narrow path led through the arbor to the pond beyond.
- The lathe's arbor had to be replaced after years of heavy use.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARBOR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ARBOR
The 5 tiles of ARBOR in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ARBOR
Showing 24 of 38 words that begin with ARBOR.
Words ending in ARBOR
2 words end in ARBOR. Useful as a back hook: play ARBOR onto a word already on the board.
Words with ARBOR inside
Showing 24 of 29 words that contain ARBOR somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ARBOR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ARBOR
Common questions about ARBOR
- Is ARBOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ARBOR, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ARBOR worth?
- ARBOR is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARBOR mean?
- A garden structure of latticework or an arch, often covered with climbing plants, that provides shade or supports a walkway.
- What letters can be added to ARBOR?
- ARBOR takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ARBOR:
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