KIMBO is valid in Collins, not in North America — 13 points
It depends on the list you play by. KIMBO is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 13 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept KIMBO?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KIMBO is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KIMBO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KIMBO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in KIMBO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 261,415.
What does KIMBO mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Bent outward at an angle, as an arm held with the hand on the hip.
Kimbo is a shortened form of akimbo, dropping the first syllable the way a well-worn word often does. It describes the shape an arm makes when the elbow points out and the hand rests on the hip, and older writers also used it as a verb, to kimbo an arm into that position. A rarer spelling, kembo, carries exactly the same sense but appears far less often in print.
How KIMBO is used
Chiefly in arms kimbo; also used, more rarely, as a verb.
- She stood with arms kimbo, waiting for an answer.
- His elbows went kimbo the moment he started arguing.
- The statue shows the general with one arm kimbo.
- A kimbo stance can look like impatience even when it is not.
- He kimboed his arm and leaned against the doorframe.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KIMBO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KIMBO
3 longer words begin with KIMBO.
Words ending in KIMBO
1 words end in KIMBO. Useful as a back hook: play KIMBO onto a word already on the board.
Words with KIMBO inside
6 words contain KIMBO in the middle. Words that start with KIMBO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in KIMBO
Common questions about KIMBO
- Is KIMBO valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and KIMBO is not in it.
- How many points is KIMBO worth?
- KIMBO is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KIMBO mean?
- Bent outward at an angle, as an arm held with the hand on the hip.
- What letters can be added to KIMBO?
- KIMBO takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of KIMBO:
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