LOBBY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. LOBBY 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 LOBBY?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LOBBY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LOBBY
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How LOBBY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LOBBY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,176 thousand.
What does LOBBY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large entrance hall or waiting area inside a building such as a hotel, theatre or office block.
A lobby sits just past the main doors of a building and gives visitors a place to wait, meet, check in or simply pass through on the way to lifts and stairs. Hotels often furnish their lobby with seating and a reception desk, while a theatre lobby fills with people during intervals. The same word also names a group of people who try to influence lawmakers on a particular issue, a sense that grew from the practice of meeting politicians in the lobby of a parliament building. Both uses share the idea of an in-between space where people gather before reaching a decision or a destination.
How LOBBY is used
Common in everyday speech for hotel, office and theatre entrance halls, and in political writing for organised pressure groups.
- Guests checked in at the front desk in the hotel lobby.
- They waited in the lobby until the doors to the theatre opened.
- A crowd gathered in the office lobby before the meeting.
- The building's lobby was decorated with tall glass windows.
- She left her umbrella dripping by the lobby entrance.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LOBBY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LOBBY
10 longer words begin with LOBBY.
Words ending in LOBBY
3 words end in LOBBY. Useful as a back hook: play LOBBY onto a word already on the board.
Words with LOBBY inside
2 words contain LOBBY in the middle. Words that start with LOBBY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LOBBY
Common questions about LOBBY
- Is LOBBY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LOBBY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LOBBY worth?
- LOBBY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LOBBY mean?
- A large entrance hall or waiting area inside a building such as a hotel, theatre or office block.
- What letters can be added to LOBBY?
- LOBBY takes 3 hooks: 3 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LOBBY:
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