FIB is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. FIB 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 FIB?
| 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 FIB 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 FIB
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fibsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FIB scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in FIB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,492.
What does FIB mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A small lie about something unimportant.
The word does moral work by sounding harmless: to call something a fib is to forgive it in advance, which no synonym manages. Adults use it with children and with each other about birthdays, weight and how much the coat cost — occasions where the truth is not worth the trouble.
How FIB is used
Countable, and also a verb — to fib, fibbed, fibbing.
- He told a fib about the traffic and got away with it.
- It was a fib, not a lie, and everybody understood the difference.
- She fibbed about her age for thirty years, then stopped.
- A small fib grew into an afternoon of explaining.
- The child confessed to a fib and expected worse than she got.
- Fibbing about the price is a family tradition.
- One fib at the wrong moment cost him the job.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FIB and 7 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FIB
Showing 24 of 141 words that begin with FIB.
Words with FIB inside
Showing 24 of 64 words that contain FIB somewhere in the middle. Words that start with FIB are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FIB
Common questions about FIB
- Is FIB valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FIB, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FIB worth?
- FIB is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FIB mean?
- A small lie about something unimportant.
- What letters can be added to FIB?
- FIB takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of FIB:
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