CUBEB is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. CUBEB is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CUBEB?
| 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 CUBEB is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CUBEB
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cubebsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CUBEB scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CUBEB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 784,245.
What does CUBEB mean in Scrabble?
noun
botanyhistorical
The dried, unripe berry of a Southeast Asian pepper plant, used as a spice for its sharp, slightly bitter flavor and formerly employed in medicine.
Cubeb comes from a climbing vine related to black pepper, grown chiefly in Java and other parts of Southeast Asia, where its small stalked berries are picked before they ripen and dried for use. Cooks once prized cubeb for adding a sharp, faintly bitter, peppery heat to dishes, and it still appears occasionally in specialty spice blends today. Nineteenth century physicians also prescribed cubeb, often smoked in cigarettes, as a treatment for various throat and chest complaints, a use now abandoned. Though largely replaced by ordinary pepper in everyday cooking, cubeb survives in historical recipes and older medical texts.
How CUBEB is used
Historical and specialized, met mainly in older cookbooks, spice references, and nineteenth century medical writing rather than everyday speech.
- The old recipe called for a pinch of ground cubeb.
- Cubeb was once smoked as a remedy for a sore throat.
- Traders shipped cubeb from Java to European spice markets.
- The spice merchant kept a small jar of dried cubeb on the shelf.
- Historical cookbooks mention cubeb far more often than modern ones do.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CUBEB and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CUBEB
1 longer words begin with CUBEB.
Shorter words from the letters in CUBEB
Common questions about CUBEB
- Is CUBEB valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CUBEB, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CUBEB worth?
- CUBEB is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CUBEB mean?
- The dried, unripe berry of a Southeast Asian pepper plant, used as a spice for its sharp, slightly bitter flavor and formerly employed in medicine.
- What letters can be added to CUBEB?
- CUBEB takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CUBEB:
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