LAMBY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. LAMBY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LAMBY?
| 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 LAMBY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LAMBY
No single letter turns LAMBY into another word.
How LAMBY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LAMBY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 261,415.
What does LAMBY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informaldialect
Resembling a lamb in gentleness or softness; used informally, especially in Scottish and Northern English speech, as an affectionate term for a child or loved one.
The word lamby extends the gentle, harmless associations of lamb into a general term of mild praise or endearment, most often directed at small children. A parent might call a sleepy toddler lamby as a term of affection, much as they might use other soft, diminutive pet names. Lamby can also describe wool or fabric with a soft, fleecy texture reminiscent of a lamb's coat. Its use stays close to home and family settings, and lamby rarely appears in formal or written English outside dialect literature.
How LAMBY is used
Informal and regional, chiefly heard in Scottish and Northern English family speech as a term of endearment.
- She tucked the child in and called her lamby before turning off the light.
- The blanket had a soft, lamby texture against the skin.
- Come here, my lamby, said the grandmother softly.
- He wore a thick lamby jumper against the winter cold.
- The dialect story used lamby as a pet name throughout.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LAMBY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LAMBY
The 5 tiles of LAMBY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in LAMBY
Common questions about LAMBY
- Is LAMBY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LAMBY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LAMBY worth?
- LAMBY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LAMBY mean?
- Resembling a lamb in gentleness or softness; used informally, especially in Scottish and Northern English speech, as an affectionate term for a child or loved one.
- What letters can be added to LAMBY?
- No single letter can be added to LAMBY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LAMBY:
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