NEB is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. NEB is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NEB?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NEB is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NEB
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NEB scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in NEB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,123.
What does NEB mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialect
A bird's beak; a person's nose.
Neb is the northern English and Scots form of what became nib further south, and both descend from one word. It is used about noses in a way that suggests the owner is putting it somewhere it does not belong.
How NEB is used
Countable: a neb, two nebs. Northern and Scots.
- Keep your neb out of it.
- The neb of a bird and the nib of a pen are one word.
- A neb in the north is a nose or a beak.
- Two nebs over the fence and a conversation stopped.
- The word neb stayed north while nib went south.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NEB and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NEB
The 3 tiles of NEB in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with NEB
Showing 24 of 61 words that begin with NEB.
Words ending in NEB
4 words end in NEB. Useful as a back hook: play NEB onto a word already on the board.
Words with NEB inside
Showing 24 of 82 words that contain NEB somewhere in the middle. Words that start with NEB are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NEB
Common questions about NEB
- Is NEB valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NEB, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NEB worth?
- NEB is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NEB mean?
- A bird's beak; a person's nose.
- What letters can be added to NEB?
- NEB takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of NEB:
Open NEB in the Word Finder