BABE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BABE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BABE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BABE is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BABE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BABE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BABE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 36,308.
What does BABE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A baby; also, an attractive person.
Babe is the older word and baby is the diminutive formed from it, which reverses what most speakers assume. The sense about attractiveness is American and from the 1910s.
How BABE is used
Countable: a babe, two babes.
- A babe in arms cannot be left with anybody.
- The word babe is older than the word formed from it.
- Two babes in the wood is a proverbial phrase.
- The attractiveness sense of babe is American.
- Babe came first and the diminutive followed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BABE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BABE
The 4 tiles of BABE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BABE
17 longer words begin with BABE.
Shorter words from the letters in BABE
Common questions about BABE
- Is BABE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BABE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BABE worth?
- BABE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BABE mean?
- A baby; also, an attractive person.
- What letters can be added to BABE?
- BABE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BABE:
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