COMBE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. COMBE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COMBE?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COMBE is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COMBE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COMBE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in COMBE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 98,031.
What does COMBE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Britishregional
A short, steep-sided valley or hollow, especially on a hillside or near the coast.
A combe is a short, steep-sided valley or hollow, often wooded, cut into the side of a hill or running down to the coast. The word comes from an old Celtic root and survives widely in place names across south-west England. It is also spelled coomb or coombe, all referring to the same landscape feature. A combe is usually smaller and steeper than an ordinary valley, and often carries only a small stream or none at all.
How COMBE is used
A regional, chiefly British term for a small hillside valley, common in place names and in writing about the English countryside.
- The path wound down into a wooded combe.
- Sheep grazed on the slopes above the combe.
- A stream ran along the floor of the combe.
- The village sits at the mouth of a narrow combe.
- Mist gathered in the combe each morning.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COMBE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COMBE
4 longer words begin with COMBE.
Words ending in COMBE
1 words end in COMBE. Useful as a back hook: play COMBE onto a word already on the board.
Words with COMBE inside
9 words contain COMBE in the middle. Words that start with COMBE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in COMBE
Common questions about COMBE
- Is COMBE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COMBE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COMBE worth?
- COMBE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COMBE mean?
- A short, steep-sided valley or hollow, especially on a hillside or near the coast.
- What letters can be added to COMBE?
- COMBE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of COMBE:
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