LIBS is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. LIBS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LIBS?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LIBS is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LIBS
Front hooks — 1
glibsBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How LIBS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in LIBS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,615.
What does LIBS mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
Movements or campaigns that call for liberation from restriction or discrimination, as in the names women's lib or gay lib.
Libs is the informal plural of lib, itself short for liberation. English speakers coined the short form in the twentieth century for movements demanding equal rights and freedom from restriction, most famously women's lib, and the plural refers to more than one such movement or campaign.
How LIBS is used
Informal, mostly found in twentieth-century political and social writing.
- Historians studied several libs of the 1970s together in one course.
- The exhibition traced the rise of various libs after the war.
- Old magazines are full of articles about the different libs of the decade.
- She wrote her thesis comparing two libs from different countries.
- The archive holds posters from a number of libs of that era.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LIBS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in LIBS
1 words end in LIBS. Useful as a back hook: play LIBS onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in LIBS
Common questions about LIBS
- Is LIBS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LIBS, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LIBS worth?
- LIBS is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LIBS mean?
- Movements or campaigns that call for liberation from restriction or discrimination, as in the names women's lib or gay lib.
- What letters can be added to LIBS?
- LIBS takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of LIBS:
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