SCRUBBY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. SCRUBBY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SCRUBBY?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCRUBBY is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCRUBBY
No single letter turns SCRUBBY into another word.
How SCRUBBY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SCRUBBY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 41,686 thousand.
What stands out about SCRUBBY
- SCRUBBY gets by on a single vowel across 7 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SCRUBBY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Covered with low, stunted bushes and trees; or small, poor and of little worth.
Scrubby land is dry, rough ground with thin vegetation, the kind seen on hillsides and heaths. The word can also be used for a stunted tree or an unimpressive person or thing.
How SCRUBBY is used
Scrubby is used in descriptions of landscapes and sometimes as a mildly dismissive adjective.
- The path ran through scrubby hills above the town.
- A scrubby oak clung to the rocky slope.
- He kept a scrubby little garden behind the shed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCRUBBY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SCRUBBY
Showing 40 of 48. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about SCRUBBY
- Is SCRUBBY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCRUBBY, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCRUBBY worth?
- SCRUBBY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCRUBBY mean?
- Covered with low, stunted bushes and trees; or small, poor and of little worth.
- What letters can be added to SCRUBBY?
- No single letter can be added to SCRUBBY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SCRUBBY:
Open SCRUBBY in the Word Finder