SLURBAN is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SLURBAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SLURBAN?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SLURBAN is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SLURBAN
No single letter turns SLURBAN into another word.
How SLURBAN scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SLURBAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 385,985.
What does SLURBAN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Describing a poorly planned, shabby suburban area that mixes features of a slum and a suburb.
Slurban is a blended word, joining slum and suburban into one scornful label. Commentators use it for sprawling developments with cheap housing, little greenery and poor services.
How SLURBAN is used
Slurban is an informal, mocking coinage, often found in opinion writing about city planning.
- The valley turned slurban within a decade.
- Critics call the sprawl a slurban mess.
- He grew up in a slurban neighbourhood near the highway.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SLURBAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SLURBAN
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Common questions about SLURBAN
- Is SLURBAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SLURBAN, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SLURBAN worth?
- SLURBAN is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SLURBAN mean?
- Describing a poorly planned, shabby suburban area that mixes features of a slum and a suburb.
- What letters can be added to SLURBAN?
- No single letter can be added to SLURBAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SLURBAN:
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