FAB is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. FAB is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FAB?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FAB is to know. It scores 8 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FAB
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fabsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FAB scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in FAB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,492.
What does FAB mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Wonderful; excellent.
Fab is clipped from fabulous, and unlike its parent it never escaped the 1960s: it arrived with British pop culture and the press tag the Fab Four, and it has sounded slightly of its decade ever since. Speakers use it to show enthusiasm rather than to describe anything — a fab evening is one you enjoyed, not one with particular qualities.
How FAB is used
Predicative or attributive — that was fab, a fab idea — but it does not compare: fabber and fabbest are not used.
- The food was fab and the queue was worth it.
- She thought the whole plan was fab until she saw the bill.
- They gave the place a fab review and half the town turned up.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FAB and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FAB
Showing 24 of 64 words that begin with FAB.
Words ending in FAB
2 words end in FAB. Useful as a back hook: play FAB onto a word already on the board.
Words with FAB inside
Showing 24 of 53 words that contain FAB somewhere in the middle. Words that start with FAB are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FAB
Common questions about FAB
- Is FAB valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FAB, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FAB worth?
- FAB is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FAB mean?
- Wonderful; excellent.
- What letters can be added to FAB?
- FAB takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of FAB:
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