OUTBREED is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. OUTBREED is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OUTBREED?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OUTBREED is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OUTBREED
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
outbreedsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OUTBREED scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in OUTBREED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OUTBREED has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OUTBREED mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To mate or produce young with partners that are not closely related.
Breeders and biologists talk about outbreed when they want to widen the gene pool of a flock, herd or plant stock. It is the practical opposite of keeping a line pure through close mating. Over generations an outbreed programme tends to lower the risk of inherited faults.
How OUTBREED is used
Mostly found in farming, genetics and conservation writing about animals or plants.
- Keepers try to outbreed the small captive herd to avoid weak calves.
- Some plants outbreed more readily than others when pollen travels far.
- The society advised members to outbreed their dogs every few generations.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OUTBREED and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OUTBREED
3 longer words begin with OUTBREED.
Shorter words from the letters in OUTBREED
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Common questions about OUTBREED
- Is OUTBREED valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OUTBREED, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OUTBREED worth?
- OUTBREED is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OUTBREED mean?
- To mate or produce young with partners that are not closely related.
- What letters can be added to OUTBREED?
- OUTBREED takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of OUTBREED:
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