MOBEY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. MOBEY 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 MOBEY?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MOBEY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MOBEY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
mobeysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MOBEY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MOBEY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 98,031.
What does MOBEY mean in Scrabble?
noun
slangBritishinformal
A mobile phone, in informal slang.
Mobey is a casual, clipped way of saying mobile phone, heard alongside variant spellings such as mobe and moby. Speakers reach for the short form in relaxed conversation the way they might say telly for television, without any change in what the word refers to. It carries no technical distinction from a mobile phone or cell phone, only a more casual tone. The spelling is not fixed, and different writers favour mobey, mobe or moby for the same everyday object.
How MOBEY is used
Informal slang for a mobile phone, used in casual speech rather than in technical or formal writing.
- He left his mobey charging on the kitchen table.
- Text me on my mobey when you land.
- She dropped her mobey in the sink again.
- Nobody answers a mobey at the dinner table in this house.
- My old mobey barely holds a charge anymore.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MOBEY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MOBEY
1 longer words begin with MOBEY.
Shorter words from the letters in MOBEY
Common questions about MOBEY
- Is MOBEY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MOBEY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MOBEY worth?
- MOBEY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MOBEY mean?
- A mobile phone, in informal slang.
- What letters can be added to MOBEY?
- MOBEY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MOBEY:
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