FIBRO is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. FIBRO is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept FIBRO?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FIBRO is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FIBRO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fibrosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FIBRO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FIBRO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does FIBRO mean in Scrabble?
noun
AustralianNew Zealandinformal
A cheap building material made of compressed cement and fibre, or a house built from it.
Fibro is Australian and New Zealand shorthand for fibrous cement sheeting, once made with asbestos and used to build inexpensive houses across both countries through the twentieth century. A fibro itself can mean either the sheet material or the small house built from it, and the word carries a strong association with modest, working-class housing. Many older fibro houses were later found to contain asbestos and had to be stripped carefully.
How FIBRO is used
Chiefly Australian and New Zealand informal usage.
- The family grew up in a small fibro on the edge of town.
- Builders once covered a frame with fibro sheets rather than brick.
- Old fibro often contained asbestos and needed careful removal.
- A row of fibro houses lined the street near the beach.
- The word fibro is shortened from fibrous cement.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FIBRO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FIBRO
Showing 24 of 45 words that begin with FIBRO.
Words with FIBRO inside
11 words contain FIBRO in the middle. Words that start with FIBRO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FIBRO
Common questions about FIBRO
- Is FIBRO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FIBRO, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FIBRO worth?
- FIBRO is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FIBRO mean?
- A cheap building material made of compressed cement and fibre, or a house built from it.
- What letters can be added to FIBRO?
- FIBRO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FIBRO:
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