GOB is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. GOB is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GOB?
| 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 GOB is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GOB
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GOB scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in GOB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,369.
What does GOB mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalBritish
The mouth, in rough British speech.
Gob is blunt rather than obscene: shut your gob is impolite and would pass on daytime radio, and it belongs to the north of England and to Ireland above all. A separate gob is a lump of something wet, and the two are probably unrelated.
How GOB is used
Countable: a gob, two gobs. Informal and rough.
- Shut your gob and listen for once.
- He has a gob on him and no sense at all.
- A gob of wet clay landed on the step.
- The word gob is rude without being obscene.
- She kept her gob shut for the whole meeting.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GOB and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GOB
The 3 tiles of GOB in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with GOB
Showing 24 of 51 words that begin with GOB.
Words ending in GOB
1 words end in GOB. Useful as a back hook: play GOB onto a word already on the board.
Words with GOB inside
15 words contain GOB in the middle. Words that start with GOB are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GOB
Common questions about GOB
- Is GOB valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GOB, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GOB worth?
- GOB is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GOB mean?
- The mouth, in rough British speech.
- What letters can be added to GOB?
- GOB takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of GOB:
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