CAROB is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. CAROB is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CAROB?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CAROB is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CAROB
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
carobsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CAROB scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CAROB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What stands out about CAROB
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CAROB mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A Mediterranean evergreen tree, or the sweet, edible pod it produces, often used as a substitute for chocolate.
Carob pods are dried and ground into a fine powder that can replace cocoa in baking, giving a naturally sweet flavor without the bitterness or caffeine of chocolate. The tree grows widely around the Mediterranean and has been cultivated for its pods since ancient times, both for human food and as animal feed. Carob is also sometimes called Saint John's bread, from a legend linking its pods to the diet of John the Baptist.
How CAROB is used
Countable and uncountable noun; commonly seen as carob powder or carob chips in health food products.
- The bakery used carob instead of chocolate in the cookies.
- Goats grazed happily beneath the old carob tree.
- Carob powder gave the cake a mild, sweet flavor.
- Farmers have grown carob along this coast for centuries.
- She preferred carob chips because they contained no caffeine.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CAROB and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CAROB
The 5 tiles of CAROB in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with CAROB
1 longer words begin with CAROB.
Shorter words from the letters in CAROB
Common questions about CAROB
- Is CAROB valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CAROB, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CAROB worth?
- CAROB is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CAROB mean?
- A Mediterranean evergreen tree, or the sweet, edible pod it produces, often used as a substitute for chocolate.
- What letters can be added to CAROB?
- CAROB takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CAROB:
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