DRABBLE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. DRABBLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DRABBLE?
| 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: 58 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DRABBLE is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DRABBLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DRABBLE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in DRABBLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,544 thousand.
What stands out about DRABBLE
- The same 7 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DRABBLE mean in Scrabble?
verb
rare
To make clothes wet and dirty by letting them trail through mud or water.
Drabble paints a picture of a long skirt or cloak dragging along a muddy road. It is a close cousin of draggle, and it also had a separate sense in angling, fishing with a long line.
How DRABBLE is used
Rare and old-fashioned; found in older literature.
- Rain would drabble the hem of her gown before she reached the church.
- Do not drabble your cloak in the gutter.
- The children drabble their coats in every puddle on the lane.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DRABBLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DRABBLE
The 7 tiles of DRABBLE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with DRABBLE
4 longer words begin with DRABBLE.
Shorter words from the letters in DRABBLE
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Common questions about DRABBLE
- Is DRABBLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DRABBLE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DRABBLE worth?
- DRABBLE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DRABBLE mean?
- To make clothes wet and dirty by letting them trail through mud or water.
- What letters can be added to DRABBLE?
- DRABBLE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of DRABBLE:
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