FUBBY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 15 points
It depends on the list you play by. FUBBY 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 15 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept FUBBY?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FUBBY is to know. It scores 15 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 2.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FUBBY
No single letter turns FUBBY into another word.
How FUBBY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FUBBY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,705 thousand.
What does FUBBY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
dialect
Short and plump; chubby and squat.
A fubby build is short, plump, and compact rather than tall or lean, much like the related word fubsy. Fubby is an old dialect adjective that survives mainly in descriptions of stout, cheerful-looking people or animals. Modern writers rarely use fubby outside dialect glossaries or deliberately quaint prose.
How FUBBY is used
The word is a rare dialect term; fubsy is the more commonly recorded form of the same word.
- The fubby little pony trotted along behind its mother.
- A fubby toddler waddled across the lawn.
- Her fubby cheeks made her look even more cheerful.
- The old sailor was a fubby, red-faced man.
- He drew a fubby cartoon pig for the children.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FUBBY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FUBBY
Common questions about FUBBY
- Is FUBBY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and FUBBY is not in it.
- How many points is FUBBY worth?
- FUBBY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FUBBY mean?
- Short and plump; chubby and squat.
- What letters can be added to FUBBY?
- No single letter can be added to FUBBY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FUBBY:
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