OUTBUY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. OUTBUY 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 OUTBUY?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OUTBUY is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OUTBUY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
outbuysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OUTBUY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in OUTBUY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,035 thousand.
What does OUTBUY mean in Scrabble?
verb
rare
To buy more than a rival, or to win something away from someone by paying more.
Outbuy follows the pattern of many out- verbs that mean to beat someone at an activity. It appears in trade and commerce, where a buyer with deeper pockets clears the market of goods a smaller competitor wanted. A rarer older sense meant to ransom or buy free a captive.
How OUTBUY is used
Uncommon; found in business writing and historical texts.
- A large chain can outbuy any corner shop at the auction.
- The collector tried to outbuy every other bidder for the manuscript.
- Rich investors threatened to outbuy the local families.
- No small farm could outbuy the cooperative for seed.
- He hoped to outbuy his rivals before the price rose.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OUTBUY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OUTBUY
The 6 tiles of OUTBUY in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with OUTBUY
2 longer words begin with OUTBUY.
Shorter words from the letters in OUTBUY
Common questions about OUTBUY
- Is OUTBUY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OUTBUY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OUTBUY worth?
- OUTBUY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OUTBUY mean?
- To buy more than a rival, or to win something away from someone by paying more.
- What letters can be added to OUTBUY?
- OUTBUY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of OUTBUY:
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