SCABBLE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. SCABBLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SCABBLE?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCABBLE is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCABBLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SCABBLE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SCABBLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,632 thousand.
What does SCABBLE mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To shape or dress a block of stone roughly before it is finished.
Scabble belongs to the language of stonemasons, who scabble a block to remove its worst bumps before fine carving. It is a preliminary step, not the final smoothing.
How SCABBLE is used
Scabble appears almost only in masonry and building trades.
- The mason began to scabble the rough granite.
- Workers scabble each block before it is carted to the site.
- They had to scabble the corners by hand.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCABBLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SCABBLE
2 longer words begin with SCABBLE.
Shorter words from the letters in SCABBLE
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Common questions about SCABBLE
- Is SCABBLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCABBLE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCABBLE worth?
- SCABBLE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCABBLE mean?
- To shape or dress a block of stone roughly before it is finished.
- What letters can be added to SCABBLE?
- SCABBLE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SCABBLE:
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