GARBOARD is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. GARBOARD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GARBOARD?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GARBOARD is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GARBOARD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
garboardsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GARBOARD scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in GARBOARD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GARBOARD has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GARBOARD mean in Scrabble?
noun
nautical
The plank of a wooden ship that lies next to the keel along the bottom of the hull.
Because it sits lowest and joins the keel, the garboard is hard to fit and an obvious place for leaks. Shipwrights speak of the garboard strake, meaning the whole row of such planks along the vessel's length.
How GARBOARD is used
Garboard is a boat-building term, usually found in the phrase garboard strake.
- The shipwright fitted the garboard to the keel with great care.
- Water seeped in through a loose garboard.
- Each garboard on the schooner had to be bent into shape with steam.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GARBOARD and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GARBOARD
1 longer words begin with GARBOARD.
Shorter words from the letters in GARBOARD
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Common questions about GARBOARD
- Is GARBOARD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GARBOARD, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GARBOARD worth?
- GARBOARD is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GARBOARD mean?
- The plank of a wooden ship that lies next to the keel along the bottom of the hull.
- What letters can be added to GARBOARD?
- GARBOARD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of GARBOARD:
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