CARBY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. CARBY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 12 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept CARBY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CARBY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CARBY
No single letter turns CARBY into another word.
How CARBY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CARBY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does CARBY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalAustralian
An informal Australian word for a carburettor, the engine part that mixes fuel with air.
Carby follows a very Australian habit of clipping a word and tacking on a breezy -y ending, the same pattern that turns afternoon into arvo and a service station into a servo. Mechanics and car enthusiasts use carby constantly, especially about older engines that still rely on a carburettor rather than fuel injection. The word covers both the physical part and casual talk about tuning it, so a carby can be adjusted, rebuilt, or simply blocked with dirt. Outside Australia and New Zealand the shorter clipping carb is far more common for the same part.
How CARBY is used
Informal Australian slang, heard mainly in conversation about cars, motorbikes, and small engines.
- The old ute would not start until he cleaned out the carby.
- A carby needs regular tuning that fuel injection does not.
- He spent Saturday morning rebuilding the carby on his motorbike.
- The mechanic said the carby was flooding with fuel.
- Every carby on that engine model clogs eventually.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CARBY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CARBY
2 longer words begin with CARBY.
Shorter words from the letters in CARBY
Common questions about CARBY
- Is CARBY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and CARBY is not in it.
- How many points is CARBY worth?
- CARBY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CARBY mean?
- An informal Australian word for a carburettor, the engine part that mixes fuel with air.
- What letters can be added to CARBY?
- No single letter can be added to CARBY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CARBY:
Open CARBY in the Word Finder