MAUBY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. MAUBY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 12 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept MAUBY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MAUBY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MAUBY
No single letter turns MAUBY into another word.
How MAUBY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MAUBY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 261,415.
What does MAUBY mean in Scrabble?
noun
Caribbean
A bittersweet Caribbean drink brewed from the boiled bark of a buckthorn tree, often sweetened and spiced.
Mauby is made by boiling strips of bark from trees of the buckthorn family until the water turns dark and slightly bitter, then straining it and sweetening it with sugar and spices such as cinnamon or clove. The result is a frothy, cola-coloured drink sold cold from carts and shops across islands including Trinidad, Barbados and Jamaica. Home recipes for mauby are passed down within families, and the exact balance of bitterness and sweetness varies from one household to the next. The drink sits alongside sorrel and ginger beer as one of the traditional non-alcoholic beverages of Caribbean cuisine.
How MAUBY is used
Used in Caribbean English for the traditional bark-based drink; largely unfamiliar outside the region and its diaspora communities.
- A vendor ladled cold mauby from a large glass jar.
- Grandmother's mauby always had a hint of clove in it.
- He prefers his mauby bitter, with only a little sugar.
- Bottled mauby now sits on supermarket shelves next to sorrel.
- The recipe for mauby calls for boiling the bark for over an hour.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MAUBY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in MAUBY
Common questions about MAUBY
- Is MAUBY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MAUBY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MAUBY worth?
- MAUBY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MAUBY mean?
- A bittersweet Caribbean drink brewed from the boiled bark of a buckthorn tree, often sweetened and spiced.
- What letters can be added to MAUBY?
- No single letter can be added to MAUBY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MAUBY:
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