ROBAND is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ROBAND is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ROBAND?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ROBAND is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ROBAND
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ROBAND scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ROBAND, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What does ROBAND mean in Scrabble?
noun
nautical
A short piece of small rope used to lash the top edge of a sail to its spar.
On a square-rigged ship, robands are threaded through eyelet holes along the head of a sail and tied round the yard so the canvas hangs firmly in place. They are usually mentioned in the plural, one for each hole. The word belongs to the old vocabulary of sailing and appears chiefly in seamanship manuals and sea fiction.
How ROBAND is used
Nautical term, normally used in the plural.
- The sailor passed a roband through the eyelet and knotted it round the yard.
- Every roband had to be tight before the sail was hoisted.
- A cut roband let the corner of the canvas flap loose.
- He replaced each worn roband with fresh twine.
- The apprentice learned to tie a roband before he could reef a sail.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ROBAND and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ROBAND
1 longer words begin with ROBAND.
Shorter words from the letters in ROBAND
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Common questions about ROBAND
- Is ROBAND valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ROBAND, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ROBAND worth?
- ROBAND is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ROBAND mean?
- A short piece of small rope used to lash the top edge of a sail to its spar.
- What letters can be added to ROBAND?
- ROBAND takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ROBAND:
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