LOOBY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. LOOBY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LOOBY?
| 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 LOOBY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LOOBY
No single letter turns LOOBY into another word.
How LOOBY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LOOBY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 168,053.
What does LOOBY mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A clumsy, awkward, or foolish person, especially one regarded as lazy.
A looby is pictured as slow-moving and dull-witted, someone who fumbles through simple tasks rather than a person of any particular trade or background. The word belongs to a small family of English insults for oafish men, alongside lubber and lout, and it has largely dropped out of everyday speech. Where it survives, it is used half-affectionately, poking fun at someone's clumsiness rather than condemning their character outright.
How LOOBY is used
Archaic and informal; found mainly in older fiction and mock-scolding speech rather than modern conversation.
- The farmer called his slow-footed son a looby for dropping the pail again.
- Nobody expected the looby to finish the race first.
- She laughed at the looby who tripped over his own boots.
- The old novel describes the servant as a good-natured looby.
- He felt like a looby standing there with the ladder upside down.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LOOBY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in LOOBY
Common questions about LOOBY
- Is LOOBY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LOOBY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LOOBY worth?
- LOOBY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LOOBY mean?
- A clumsy, awkward, or foolish person, especially one regarded as lazy.
- What letters can be added to LOOBY?
- No single letter can be added to LOOBY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LOOBY:
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