NEIGHBOR is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. NEIGHBOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NEIGHBOR?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NEIGHBOR is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NEIGHBOR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
neighborsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NEIGHBOR scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in NEIGHBOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NEIGHBOR has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about NEIGHBOR
- All 8 letters of NEIGHBOR are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does NEIGHBOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A person who lives next door to, or very near, another.
The neighbor may be the household across the fence or someone merely in the same area, and the word extends to countries and objects that lie side by side. As a verb it means to border or lie near something.
How NEIGHBOR is used
Neighbor is the American spelling; British writers use neighbour.
- Our neighbor waters the garden when we travel.
- Canada is the friendly neighbor to the north.
- She borrowed a ladder from the neighbor across the street.
- The two towns neighbor each other along the river.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NEIGHBOR and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NEIGHBOR
11 longer words begin with NEIGHBOR.
Shorter words from the letters in NEIGHBOR
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Common questions about NEIGHBOR
- Is NEIGHBOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NEIGHBOR, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NEIGHBOR worth?
- NEIGHBOR is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NEIGHBOR mean?
- A person who lives next door to, or very near, another.
- What letters can be added to NEIGHBOR?
- NEIGHBOR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of NEIGHBOR:
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