NOBBLE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. NOBBLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NOBBLE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NOBBLE is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NOBBLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NOBBLE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in NOBBLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 517,384.
What does NOBBLE mean in Scrabble?
verb
Britishinformal
To get hold of something or someone by underhand means, such as to tamper with a racehorse, to win over a person unfairly or to catch someone for a word.
The word began in horse racing, where to nobble a favourite meant to drug or lame it so that it could not win. It then spread to other kinds of unfair tampering, as when a juror is nobbled with a bribe or a rival is nobbled before a contest. In relaxed British speech it can also be harmless: to nobble a colleague is simply to buttonhole them in the corridor and make a request.
How NOBBLE is used
Informal British English; often about sport and bribery.
- Someone tried to nobble the favourite the night before the race.
- The gang was accused of trying to nobble a witness.
- I must nobble the manager before the meeting starts.
- They feared a rival would nobble the judges.
- He managed to nobble the last seat on the train.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NOBBLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NOBBLE
4 longer words begin with NOBBLE.
Shorter words from the letters in NOBBLE
Common questions about NOBBLE
- Is NOBBLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NOBBLE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NOBBLE worth?
- NOBBLE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NOBBLE mean?
- To get hold of something or someone by underhand means, such as to tamper with a racehorse, to win over a person unfairly or to catch someone for a word.
- What letters can be added to NOBBLE?
- NOBBLE takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of NOBBLE:
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