GRABBY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. GRABBY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GRABBY?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GRABBY is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GRABBY
No single letter turns GRABBY into another word.
How GRABBY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in GRABBY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,679 thousand.
What stands out about GRABBY
- GRABBY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does GRABBY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Eager to take things for oneself, or tending to snatch.
A grabby child snatches toys from others, and a grabby boss takes all the credit. In advertising, a grabby headline is one that catches attention at once.
How GRABBY is used
Informal; can describe greed or an attention-getting style.
- The grabby toddler pulled every toy off the shelf.
- Nobody trusted the grabby landlord.
- She wrote a grabby opening line for the article.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GRABBY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in GRABBY
Common questions about GRABBY
- Is GRABBY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GRABBY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GRABBY worth?
- GRABBY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GRABBY mean?
- Eager to take things for oneself, or tending to snatch.
- What letters can be added to GRABBY?
- No single letter can be added to GRABBY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of GRABBY:
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