CABBIE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CABBIE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CABBIE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CABBIE is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CABBIE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cabbiesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CABBIE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CABBIE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 613,196.
What does CABBIE mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A person who drives a taxi for a living.
Cabbie is the friendly, everyday name for a taxi driver, formed from cab with an affectionate ending. Cabbies are famous for knowing the streets of their city by heart and for offering opinions on traffic, football and politics to any passenger who will listen. The rarer spelling cabby means the same thing and is described separately.
How CABBIE is used
Informal and warm; common in speech and journalism.
- The cabbie took a clever shortcut past the stadium.
- Our cabbie had lived in the city for forty years.
- She tipped the cabbie and hurried into the station.
- Every London cabbie must pass a test on the streets of the capital.
- The cabbie hummed along to the radio all the way home.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CABBIE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CABBIE
1 longer words begin with CABBIE.
Shorter words from the letters in CABBIE
Common questions about CABBIE
- Is CABBIE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CABBIE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CABBIE worth?
- CABBIE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CABBIE mean?
- A person who drives a taxi for a living.
- What letters can be added to CABBIE?
- CABBIE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CABBIE:
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