BOB is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. BOB 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 BOB?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOB is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOB
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOB scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in BOB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 20,213.
What stands out about BOB
- BOB 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 BOB mean in Scrabble?
verb
To move quickly up and down.
Bob covers a great deal for three letters: a movement, a haircut, a weight on a line and — until 1971 — a shilling. The haircut and the coin are unrelated to the movement and to each other, which is normal for a word this short and this old.
How BOB is used
Intransitive. Also several unrelated nouns.
- The float bobs whenever anything touches the bait.
- She had her hair cut in a bob and regretted it by Friday.
- It cost ten bob in the old money.
- The boat bobbed at anchor all afternoon.
- A bob on the line tells you nothing on its own.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOB and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BOB
Showing 24 of 90 words that begin with BOB.
Words ending in BOB
12 words end in BOB. Useful as a back hook: play BOB onto a word already on the board.
Words with BOB inside
Showing 24 of 39 words that contain BOB somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BOB are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BOB
Common questions about BOB
- Is BOB valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOB, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOB worth?
- BOB is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOB mean?
- To move quickly up and down.
- What letters can be added to BOB?
- BOB takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of BOB:
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