BARBETTE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BARBETTE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BARBETTE?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BARBETTE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BARBETTE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
barbettesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BARBETTE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BARBETTE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BARBETTE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BARBETTE mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicaltechnical
A raised platform or armoured housing on which a gun is mounted so that it can fire over a parapet or rotate on a warship.
In old fortifications a barbette let artillery fire over the wall instead of through an opening. On warships the word came to mean the fixed armoured tube beneath a gun turret, protecting its loading machinery.
How BARBETTE is used
Barbette is a specialist term used in military and naval history.
- The cannon stood on a barbette above the harbour wall.
- Shell fragments rattled off the armour of the forward barbette.
- Engineers raised the earth into a barbette for the heavy guns.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BARBETTE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BARBETTE
1 longer words begin with BARBETTE.
Shorter words from the letters in BARBETTE
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Common questions about BARBETTE
- Is BARBETTE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BARBETTE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BARBETTE worth?
- BARBETTE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BARBETTE mean?
- A raised platform or armoured housing on which a gun is mounted so that it can fire over a parapet or rotate on a warship.
- What letters can be added to BARBETTE?
- BARBETTE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BARBETTE:
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