NEIGHBOUR is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. NEIGHBOUR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NEIGHBOUR?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NEIGHBOUR is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NEIGHBOUR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
neighboursChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NEIGHBOUR scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in NEIGHBOUR, 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 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NEIGHBOUR has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about NEIGHBOUR
- All 9 letters of NEIGHBOUR are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does NEIGHBOUR mean in Scrabble?
noun
British
A person who lives next door or very close to another person.
A neighbour can also be a place or thing situated beside another, such as a neighbouring country. Good neighbour relations matter in daily life as well as in politics. As a verb it means to lie next to something.
How NEIGHBOUR is used
Neighbour is the British spelling, while the American spelling is neighbor.
- Our neighbour waters the garden while we are away.
- Canada is the northern neighbour of the United States.
- The farm neighbour lent us a ladder.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NEIGHBOUR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NEIGHBOUR
10 longer words begin with NEIGHBOUR.
Shorter words from the letters in NEIGHBOUR
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Common questions about NEIGHBOUR
- Is NEIGHBOUR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NEIGHBOUR, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NEIGHBOUR worth?
- NEIGHBOUR is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NEIGHBOUR mean?
- A person who lives next door or very close to another person.
- What letters can be added to NEIGHBOUR?
- NEIGHBOUR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of NEIGHBOUR:
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