BIB is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. BIB is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BIB?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BIB is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BIB
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BIB scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in BIB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 17,967.
What stands out about BIB
- BIB is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BIB mean in Scrabble?
noun
A cloth tied under a child's chin during meals.
Bib comes from a verb meaning to drink, which is what the cloth was first for, and the same root gives English imbibe and bibulous. The part of an apron above the waist is also a bib, and so is the number a runner pins on.
How BIB is used
Countable: a bib, two bibs.
- The bib caught most of it and the floor got the rest.
- A bib and brace is a whole garment and not a pair.
- Runners collect a bib the day before the race.
- The word bib comes from drinking rather than eating.
- Two bibs a meal is normal at that age.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BIB and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BIB
Showing 24 of 110 words that begin with BIB.
Words ending in BIB
1 words end in BIB. Useful as a back hook: play BIB onto a word already on the board.
Words with BIB inside
Showing 24 of 30 words that contain BIB somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BIB are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BIB
Common questions about BIB
- Is BIB valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BIB, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BIB worth?
- BIB is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BIB mean?
- A cloth tied under a child's chin during meals.
- What letters can be added to BIB?
- BIB takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of BIB:
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