INBY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. INBY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INBY?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INBY is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INBY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
inbyeChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How INBY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in INBY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What does INBY mean in Scrabble?
adverb
dialect
Towards the coal face, in a mine.
Inby and its opposite describe direction underground, where compass points are of no use at all. Northern English coalfields used the word daily, and it left the language along with the pits.
How INBY is used
After the verb. Also spelled inbye.
- They walked inby for half an hour before starting.
- The word inby means towards the face.
- Compass points are useless underground, so inby was used.
- Coalfields in the north used inby every shift.
- Inby left the language with the pits.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INBY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with INBY
1 longer words begin with INBY.
Shorter words from the letters in INBY
Common questions about INBY
- Is INBY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INBY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INBY worth?
- INBY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INBY mean?
- Towards the coal face, in a mine.
- What letters can be added to INBY?
- INBY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of INBY:
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