CAB is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. CAB 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 CAB?
| 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 CAB 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 CAB
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CAB scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in CAB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,492.
What does CAB mean in Scrabble?
noun
A taxi, or the driver's compartment of a lorry or a train.
Cab is clipped from cabriolet, a light carriage, and the word survived three complete changes of technology without altering a letter. The second sense kept the original picture exactly: a small enclosed space with one person sitting in it.
How CAB is used
Countable: a cab, two cabs.
- The cab was twenty minutes and cost twice the fare.
- He climbed into the cab and started the engine.
- A cab at that hour is easier to find than a bus.
- The word cab is short for a carriage nobody has seen.
- Two cabs went past with their lights off.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CAB and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CAB
The 3 tiles of CAB in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CAB
Showing 24 of 148 words that begin with CAB.
Words ending in CAB
5 words end in CAB. Useful as a back hook: play CAB onto a word already on the board.
Words with CAB inside
Showing 24 of 226 words that contain CAB somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CAB are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CAB
Common questions about CAB
- Is CAB valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CAB, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CAB worth?
- CAB is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CAB mean?
- A taxi, or the driver's compartment of a lorry or a train.
- What letters can be added to CAB?
- CAB takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of CAB:
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