FREEBOARD is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. FREEBOARD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FREEBOARD?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FREEBOARD is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FREEBOARD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
freeboardsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FREEBOARD scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in FREEBOARD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FREEBOARD has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FREEBOARD mean in Scrabble?
noun
nauticaltechnical
The height of a ship's side between the waterline and the deck.
More freeboard means a vessel sits higher in the water and ships less of a wave. Engineers use the same word for the gap between a dam or levee top and the water level.
How FREEBOARD is used
Used in shipbuilding, boating and flood-control engineering.
- The overloaded barge had almost no freeboard left.
- Designers added freeboard to keep waves off the deck.
- The reservoir kept two metres of freeboard below the dam crest.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FREEBOARD and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FREEBOARD
1 longer words begin with FREEBOARD.
Shorter words from the letters in FREEBOARD
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Common questions about FREEBOARD
- Is FREEBOARD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FREEBOARD, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FREEBOARD worth?
- FREEBOARD is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FREEBOARD mean?
- The height of a ship's side between the waterline and the deck.
- What letters can be added to FREEBOARD?
- FREEBOARD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of FREEBOARD:
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