NOBBY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. NOBBY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NOBBY?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NOBBY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NOBBY
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How NOBBY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in NOBBY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 784,245.
What does NOBBY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Britishinformalarchaic
Stylish, smart or fashionable in dress or manner.
Calling someone or something nobby was a way of praising sharp, upper-class looking clothes or surroundings, and the word grew out of nob, old slang for a person of wealth or high social standing. A nobby coat or a nobby address suggested money and polish rather than simple neatness. The word had a cheerful, slightly mocking edge, often used by someone outside that social circle looking in. It survives now mainly in older British writing and in dialogue meant to sound period or working-class.
How NOBBY is used
Old-fashioned British informal slang, now met mainly in period writing rather than current speech.
- He turned up in a nobby new suit that made the neighbours stare.
- She thought the hotel looked far too nobby for their budget.
- The old letter described a nobby gentleman stepping from a private carriage.
- His nobby manners fooled no one who knew where he had grown up.
- They laughed at how nobby he sounded after just one term at the new school.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NOBBY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in NOBBY
3 words end in NOBBY. Useful as a back hook: play NOBBY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in NOBBY
Common questions about NOBBY
- Is NOBBY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NOBBY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NOBBY worth?
- NOBBY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NOBBY mean?
- Stylish, smart or fashionable in dress or manner.
- What letters can be added to NOBBY?
- NOBBY takes 2 hooks: 2 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of NOBBY:
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