BARB is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BARB 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 BARB?
| 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 BARB is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BARB
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BARB scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BARB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 72,615.
What does BARB mean in Scrabble?
noun
A backward-pointing spike on a hook or arrow.
Barb came from a Latin word for a beard, because the earliest barbs stuck out like bristles. The sense of a wounding remark is sixteenth-century and follows the same image.
How BARB is used
Countable. Also a verb: barbed, barbs.
- A barb makes a hook easy to set and hard to remove.
- The word barb comes from a Latin one for a beard.
- Barbed wire took the name from the spikes.
- A barb in the last sentence of the letter.
- Two barbs on the same arrowhead.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BARB and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BARB
Showing 24 of 98 words that begin with BARB.
Words ending in BARB
2 words end in BARB. Useful as a back hook: play BARB onto a word already on the board.
Words with BARB inside
Showing 24 of 41 words that contain BARB somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BARB are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BARB
Common questions about BARB
- Is BARB valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BARB, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BARB worth?
- BARB is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BARB mean?
- A backward-pointing spike on a hook or arrow.
- What letters can be added to BARB?
- BARB takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BARB:
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