BARBEL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BARBEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BARBEL?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BARBEL is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BARBEL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BARBEL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BARBEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 459,897.
What does BARBEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A slender whisker-like feeler hanging near the mouth of certain fish, or a large freshwater fish of the carp family that has such feelers.
The barbel carries taste and touch receptors, so bottom-feeding fish such as catfish and carp use these threads to find food in murky water. The same word names a European river fish that cruises over gravel with four of these feelers dangling from its upper jaw. Anglers value the fish for its strength, though its flesh is bony and rarely eaten.
How BARBEL is used
Used in fishing and zoology for both the feeler and the fish.
- The catfish felt the mud with its long barbel.
- An angler landed a heavy barbel at dawn.
- Each barbel on the fish is sensitive to taste.
- The river barbel feeds over clean gravel beds.
- He pointed out the pair of barbel under the snout.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BARBEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BARBEL
The 6 tiles of BARBEL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BARBEL
4 longer words begin with BARBEL.
Shorter words from the letters in BARBEL
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Common questions about BARBEL
- Is BARBEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BARBEL, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BARBEL worth?
- BARBEL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BARBEL mean?
- A slender whisker-like feeler hanging near the mouth of certain fish, or a large freshwater fish of the carp family that has such feelers.
- What letters can be added to BARBEL?
- BARBEL takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BARBEL:
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