ROCKABY is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. ROCKABY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ROCKABY?
| 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: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ROCKABY is to know. It scores 18 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ROCKABY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
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How ROCKABY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ROCKABY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,632 thousand.
What does ROCKABY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A soothing song or refrain sung to lull a baby to sleep.
The rhythm of a rockaby echoes the gentle rocking of a cradle. The word is better known from the old nursery rhyme than from daily conversation.
How ROCKABY is used
Rockaby names a lullaby and is chiefly found in poetry and nursery verse.
- She hummed a soft rockaby as the baby drifted off.
- The old rockaby had been passed down through the family.
- Mother sang a rockaby by the cradle every night.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ROCKABY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ROCKABY
2 longer words begin with ROCKABY.
Shorter words from the letters in ROCKABY
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Common questions about ROCKABY
- Is ROCKABY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ROCKABY, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ROCKABY worth?
- ROCKABY is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ROCKABY mean?
- A soothing song or refrain sung to lull a baby to sleep.
- What letters can be added to ROCKABY?
- ROCKABY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ROCKABY:
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