ISBA is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ISBA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ISBA?
| 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 ISBA is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ISBA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
isbasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ISBA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ISBA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,051.
What does ISBA mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalregional
A traditional Russian peasant house built of logs.
An isba is the simple, single-storey log dwelling once typical of Russian villages, built from thick timbers with a stove at its centre to give warmth through the cold winters. Older travel accounts of rural Russia often describe rows of wooden isbas along a village road.
How ISBA is used
- Smoke curled from the chimney of the small isba.
- The village had barely a dozen isbas left standing.
- They spent the night in a warm isba by the river.
- An old woman lived alone in the last isba on the road.
- The painter set his easel before the crooked isba.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ISBA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ISBA
The 4 tiles of ISBA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ISBA
1 longer words begin with ISBA.
Words with ISBA inside
24 words contain ISBA in the middle. Words that start with ISBA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ISBA
Common questions about ISBA
- Is ISBA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ISBA, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ISBA worth?
- ISBA is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ISBA mean?
- A traditional Russian peasant house built of logs.
- What letters can be added to ISBA?
- ISBA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ISBA:
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