BARBAROUS is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. BARBAROUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BARBAROUS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BARBAROUS is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BARBAROUS
No single letter turns BARBAROUS into another word.
How BARBAROUS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in BARBAROUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 2 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BARBAROUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BARBAROUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Savagely cruel or brutal; also primitive and uncivilised.
Barbarous describes acts that shock because of their cruelty, and sometimes a rough, unrefined way of life. It can also be applied to language that is coarse or badly formed.
How BARBAROUS is used
Used mostly of cruel treatment or punishments, and more rarely of crude speech or customs.
- The prisoners endured barbarous treatment for years.
- Public hanging now seems a barbarous custom.
- Critics called the new slang a barbarous way to speak.
- The report condemned the barbarous conditions in the camp.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BARBAROUS and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BARBAROUS
3 longer words begin with BARBAROUS.
Shorter words from the letters in BARBAROUS
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Common questions about BARBAROUS
- Is BARBAROUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BARBAROUS, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BARBAROUS worth?
- BARBAROUS is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BARBAROUS mean?
- Savagely cruel or brutal; also primitive and uncivilised.
- What letters can be added to BARBAROUS?
- No single letter can be added to BARBAROUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of BARBAROUS:
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