GOBY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. GOBY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GOBY?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GOBY is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GOBY
No single letter turns GOBY into another word.
How GOBY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in GOBY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 40,846.
What stands out about GOBY
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does GOBY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small fish with fused pelvic fins.
The goby family is the largest of all fish families, with over two thousand species, and most of them are under ten centimetres long. The fused fins form a sucker that holds the fish against rock.
How GOBY is used
Countable: a goby, two gobies.
- A goby holds onto rock with a sucker made from its fins.
- The word goby names the largest family of fish.
- Over two thousand species of goby are known.
- Most goby species are under ten centimetres.
- A goby in a rock pool is almost impossible to catch.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GOBY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GOBY
The 4 tiles of GOBY in a different order — 2 found.
Shorter words from the letters in GOBY
Common questions about GOBY
- Is GOBY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GOBY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GOBY worth?
- GOBY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GOBY mean?
- A small fish with fused pelvic fins.
- What letters can be added to GOBY?
- No single letter can be added to GOBY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of GOBY:
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