LAMB is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. LAMB is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LAMB?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LAMB is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LAMB
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LAMB scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in LAMB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What stands out about LAMB
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 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 LAMB mean in Scrabble?
noun
A young sheep in its first year.
Lamb keeps a silent final letter that Old English pronounced, and the same happened to climb and thumb. English stopped saying the sound and kept writing it.
How LAMB is used
Countable. Also a verb: lambed, lambs.
- A lamb can walk within an hour of being born.
- The word lamb has a silent final letter.
- Two lambs from one ewe is common and three is not.
- They lambed early that year.
- Climb and thumb lost the same sound as lamb.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LAMB and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LAMB
The 4 tiles of LAMB in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with LAMB
Showing 24 of 49 words that begin with LAMB.
Words with LAMB inside
Showing 24 of 37 words that contain LAMB somewhere in the middle. Words that start with LAMB are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LAMB
Common questions about LAMB
- Is LAMB valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LAMB, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LAMB worth?
- LAMB is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LAMB mean?
- A young sheep in its first year.
- What letters can be added to LAMB?
- LAMB takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of LAMB:
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