CUB is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. CUB is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CUB?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CUB is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 2.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CUB
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CUB scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in CUB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,106.
What does CUB mean in Scrabble?
noun
A young bear, fox, lion or similar animal.
Cub belongs to the carnivores: a young deer is a fawn and a young horse is a foal, and English keeps those apart carefully. It also names a beginner — a cub reporter — and that use arrived through American newspapers in the 1880s.
How CUB is used
Countable: a cub, two cubs.
- The cub followed her along the hedge and stopped when she did.
- A fox has cubs and a deer does not.
- He started as a cub reporter on a paper that no longer exists.
- Two cubs were seen and a third was assumed.
- The word cub is for carnivores and nothing else.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CUB and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CUB
Showing 24 of 63 words that begin with CUB.
Words with CUB inside
Showing 24 of 67 words that contain CUB somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CUB are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Common questions about CUB
- Is CUB valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CUB, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CUB worth?
- CUB is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CUB mean?
- A young bear, fox, lion or similar animal.
- What letters can be added to CUB?
- CUB takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of CUB:
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