OUTBRIBE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. OUTBRIBE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OUTBRIBE?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OUTBRIBE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OUTBRIBE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OUTBRIBE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in OUTBRIBE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OUTBRIBE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OUTBRIBE mean in Scrabble?
verb
rare
To offer a bigger bribe than a rival.
To outbribe someone is to win through corrupt payment rather than merit. The word is seldom used outside satire and historical writing about influence-buying.
How OUTBRIBE is used
Rare; formed by adding out- to bribe.
- The merchant tried to outbribe his competitor for the contract.
- No official could outbribe the wealthy duke.
- They hoped to outbribe the other bidders at the council.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OUTBRIBE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OUTBRIBE
2 longer words begin with OUTBRIBE.
Shorter words from the letters in OUTBRIBE
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Common questions about OUTBRIBE
- Is OUTBRIBE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OUTBRIBE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OUTBRIBE worth?
- OUTBRIBE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OUTBRIBE mean?
- To offer a bigger bribe than a rival.
- What letters can be added to OUTBRIBE?
- OUTBRIBE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of OUTBRIBE:
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