BLAB is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BLAB is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BLAB?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BLAB is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BLAB
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
blabsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BLAB scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BLAB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 2 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 108,923.
What does BLAB mean in Scrabble?
verb
informal
To reveal a secret through careless talk.
Blab imitates loose talk and has been in English since the fourteenth century, which makes it far older than it sounds. The doubled form of the word is the commoner one in speech.
How BLAB is used
Blabbed, blabs. Also a noun. Informal.
- Somebody blabbed before the announcement was ready.
- The word blab is fourteenth-century.
- A blab in the office ruins every surprise.
- Blab sounds modern and is not.
- The doubled form of blab is commoner in speech.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BLAB and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BLAB
13 longer words begin with BLAB.
Words ending in BLAB
2 words end in BLAB. Useful as a back hook: play BLAB onto a word already on the board.
Words with BLAB inside
5 words contain BLAB in the middle. Words that start with BLAB are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BLAB
Common questions about BLAB
- Is BLAB valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BLAB, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BLAB worth?
- BLAB is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BLAB mean?
- To reveal a secret through careless talk.
- What letters can be added to BLAB?
- BLAB takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BLAB:
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