LABOR is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. LABOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LABOR?
| 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 LABOR is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LABOR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
laborsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LABOR scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LABOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What stands out about LABOR
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 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 LABOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
Physical or mental effort made to accomplish something, especially hard or sustained work.
Labor covers the effort a person puts into a task, from manual work such as farming or construction to the mental effort behind writing or research, and the same word names workers collectively when people speak of labor and management. In medicine, labor refers specifically to the process of childbirth, from the first contractions through delivery, a sense unrelated to ordinary work. This spelling is the standard American form; British English instead writes the word as labour.
How LABOR is used
A common noun and verb in American English, covering physical or mental work, workers as a group, and the process of childbirth.
- Years of hard labor went into building the stone wall.
- The factory depended on a large labor force during harvest season.
- She went into labor two weeks before her due date.
- Union leaders negotiated on behalf of labor across the industry.
- He would labor late into the night finishing the report.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LABOR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LABOR
The 5 tiles of LABOR in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with LABOR
23 longer words begin with LABOR.
Words ending in LABOR
6 words end in LABOR. Useful as a back hook: play LABOR onto a word already on the board.
Words with LABOR inside
Showing 24 of 50 words that contain LABOR somewhere in the middle. Words that start with LABOR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LABOR
Common questions about LABOR
- Is LABOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LABOR, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LABOR worth?
- LABOR is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LABOR mean?
- Physical or mental effort made to accomplish something, especially hard or sustained work.
- What letters can be added to LABOR?
- LABOR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LABOR:
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