RHUBARB is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. RHUBARB is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RHUBARB?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RHUBARB is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RHUBARB
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RHUBARB scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in RHUBARB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 2 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,822 thousand.
What does RHUBARB mean in Scrabble?
noun
A plant with large leaves whose thick red or green stalks are cooked and eaten as a fruit.
Rhubarb stalks are very sour and nearly always cooked with sugar, as in pies and crumbles. The leaves, by contrast, are poisonous and are never eaten. In theatre, the word is also what actors murmur to imitate background talk.
How RHUBARB is used
Rhubarb is a garden and kitchen word, and in the theatre it names the murmuring of a crowd.
- She baked a rhubarb crumble for dessert.
- The rhubarb in the garden grows back every spring.
- Never eat the leaves of rhubarb, only the stalks.
- The extras kept saying rhubarb to sound like a crowd.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RHUBARB and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RHUBARB
7 longer words begin with RHUBARB.
Shorter words from the letters in RHUBARB
Common questions about RHUBARB
- Is RHUBARB valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RHUBARB, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RHUBARB worth?
- RHUBARB is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RHUBARB mean?
- A plant with large leaves whose thick red or green stalks are cooked and eaten as a fruit.
- What letters can be added to RHUBARB?
- RHUBARB takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of RHUBARB:
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