LUBBER is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. LUBBER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LUBBER?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LUBBER is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LUBBER
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LUBBER scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in LUBBER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,035 thousand.
What stands out about LUBBER
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does LUBBER mean in Scrabble?
noun
A big, clumsy, slow-witted person, or an inexperienced sailor.
Lubber is an old insulting word for someone large and awkward who is of little use in practical work. Sailors turned it into landlubber, their name for anyone who has not learned the ways of a ship. The word is very likely related to the medieval lobur, meaning a lazy lout, and is mostly heard in jokes or in historical fiction.
How LUBBER is used
Old-fashioned and mildly insulting; best known today in the compound landlubber.
- The captain shouted that the lubber had tied the knot wrongly.
- No lubber could be expected to climb that rigging on the first day.
- He was a great lubber of a boy, always tripping over his feet.
- The sailors laughed at the lubber who could not find his sea legs.
- She called her brother a lazy lubber and went on with the work.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LUBBER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LUBBER
The 6 tiles of LUBBER in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with LUBBER
6 longer words begin with LUBBER.
Shorter words from the letters in LUBBER
Common questions about LUBBER
- Is LUBBER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LUBBER, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LUBBER worth?
- LUBBER is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LUBBER mean?
- A big, clumsy, slow-witted person, or an inexperienced sailor.
- What letters can be added to LUBBER?
- LUBBER takes 5 hooks: 4 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of LUBBER:
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