LOBSCOUSE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. LOBSCOUSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LOBSCOUSE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LOBSCOUSE is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LOBSCOUSE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
lobscousesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LOBSCOUSE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in LOBSCOUSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LOBSCOUSE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does LOBSCOUSE mean in Scrabble?
noun
nauticalhistorical
A sailor's stew of meat, vegetables and hard biscuit.
Lobscouse was a cheap, filling dish made at sea from salt meat and ship's biscuit. It is the ancestor of the Liverpool dish called scouse, and the word lobscouse still appears in sea stories.
How LOBSCOUSE is used
Found in nautical fiction and food history.
- The crew ate lobscouse every Sunday.
- A pot of lobscouse bubbled on the galley stove.
- He recalled lobscouse as the best meal at sea.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LOBSCOUSE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LOBSCOUSE
The 9 tiles of LOBSCOUSE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with LOBSCOUSE
1 longer words begin with LOBSCOUSE.
Shorter words from the letters in LOBSCOUSE
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Common questions about LOBSCOUSE
- Is LOBSCOUSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LOBSCOUSE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LOBSCOUSE worth?
- LOBSCOUSE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LOBSCOUSE mean?
- A sailor's stew of meat, vegetables and hard biscuit.
- What letters can be added to LOBSCOUSE?
- LOBSCOUSE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of LOBSCOUSE:
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