CRABBING is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. CRABBING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CRABBING?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRABBING is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRABBING
Front hooks — 1
scrabbingBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How CRABBING scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CRABBING, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CRABBING has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CRABBING mean in Scrabble?
noun
The activity of catching crabs for food or sport.
Crabbing can mean dropping baited traps from a pier or wading in shallow water with a net. The word also describes grumbling, and pilots use it for angling an aircraft into a crosswind. Context shows which meaning is intended.
How CRABBING is used
Used for fishing trips, and in the senses of grumbling and sideways movement.
- We spent the morning crabbing off the dock.
- Crabbing season opens in June.
- The pilot used crabbing to hold the runway line.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRABBING and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CRABBING
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Common questions about CRABBING
- Is CRABBING valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CRABBING, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CRABBING worth?
- CRABBING is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRABBING mean?
- The activity of catching crabs for food or sport.
- What letters can be added to CRABBING?
- CRABBING takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CRABBING:
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