COMB is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. COMB is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COMB?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COMB is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 3.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COMB
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COMB scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in COMB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 61,269.
What does COMB mean in Scrabble?
noun
A toothed strip used for tidying hair.
Comb comes from a root meaning tooth, and the same word names the crest of a cockerel and the wax structure bees build. The silent letter at the end was pronounced until about 1400.
How COMB is used
Countable. Also a verb: combed, combing.
- A comb with two teeth missing is worse than none.
- The word comb comes from a root meaning tooth.
- They combed the whole field and found nothing.
- The comb of a cockerel is the same word.
- The last letter of comb was pronounced until 1400.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COMB and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COMB
Showing 24 of 79 words that begin with COMB.
Words ending in COMB
10 words end in COMB. Useful as a back hook: play COMB onto a word already on the board.
Words with COMB inside
Showing 24 of 76 words that contain COMB somewhere in the middle. Words that start with COMB are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in COMB
Common questions about COMB
- Is COMB valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COMB, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COMB worth?
- COMB is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COMB mean?
- A toothed strip used for tidying hair.
- What letters can be added to COMB?
- COMB takes 5 hooks: 0 in front and 5 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of COMB:
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