BARBY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. BARBY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 12 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept BARBY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BARBY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BARBY
No single letter turns BARBY into another word.
How BARBY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BARBY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 697,107.
What does BARBY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalAustralian
In Australian and New Zealand informal use, a barbecue.
Barby is a casual respelling of barbie, itself a shortening of barbecue, and Australians and New Zealanders use it for both the cooking event and the appliance itself. Inviting someone to a barby signals a relaxed, outdoor social gathering built around grilled food, often on a weekend. The spelling with a y instead of ie is simply a variant that appears alongside the more common barbie in casual writing.
How BARBY is used
Informal; heard mainly in Australian and New Zealand speech, interchangeable with the more common spelling barbie.
- They invited the whole street to a barby on Saturday afternoon.
- He fired up the barby as soon as the guests arrived.
- A barby by the beach is a classic summer weekend plan.
- She brought sausages and salad for the office barby.
- The rain forced them to move the barby under the veranda.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BARBY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in BARBY
1 words end in BARBY. Useful as a back hook: play BARBY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in BARBY
Common questions about BARBY
- Is BARBY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BARBY is not in it.
- How many points is BARBY worth?
- BARBY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BARBY mean?
- In Australian and New Zealand informal use, a barbecue.
- What letters can be added to BARBY?
- No single letter can be added to BARBY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BARBY:
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