GABBA is a valid Scrabble word, but not in Words with Friends — 10 points
Yes for Scrabble. GABBA is in Collins and in the North American lists, so it stands in any Scrabble game. Words with Friends keeps a separate list and does not accept it.
Which word lists accept GABBA?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GABBA is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GABBA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gabbasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GABBA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GABBA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 697,107.
What does GABBA mean in Scrabble?
noun
musicinformal
A style of fast, aggressive electronic dance music with a very heavy, driving beat, developed from hardcore techno.
Gabba grew out of the Dutch hardcore techno scene in the early 1990s, pushing tempos and distortion far beyond ordinary techno. Fans of gabba dance to rhythms that can run well over 150 beats per minute, often at dedicated clubs and festivals built around the style. The word is also used loosely for the culture around the music, including its clothing and dance moves. Outside music circles gabba remains a fairly specialised term, known mainly to electronic dance music fans.
How GABBA is used
Informal music-scene term, used mainly by fans and DJs of hardcore electronic dance music rather than in general conversation.
- The club played gabba until dawn, the bass shaking the walls.
- He first heard gabba at a warehouse party in the early nineties.
- Her playlist mixed gabba with slower house tracks for contrast.
- The festival dedicated one whole stage to gabba and its fastest offshoots.
- Newcomers often find gabba overwhelming because of its relentless tempo.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GABBA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GABBA
5 longer words begin with GABBA.
Shorter words from the letters in GABBA
Common questions about GABBA
- Is GABBA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and GABBA is not in it.
- How many points is GABBA worth?
- GABBA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GABBA mean?
- A style of fast, aggressive electronic dance music with a very heavy, driving beat, developed from hardcore techno.
- What letters can be added to GABBA?
- GABBA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GABBA:
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