SOB is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. SOB is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SOB?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SOB is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SOB
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SOB scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in SOB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,527.
What stands out about SOB
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SOB mean in Scrabble?
verb
To cry with loud gasping breaths.
A sob story is nineteenth-century American and named the thing before newspapers began printing them deliberately. Sob is also built out of the noise itself, like moo and baa, which is rare for a word about people.
How SOB is used
Sobbed, sobbing. Also a noun.
- She sobbed through the whole of the second reading.
- A single sob and then complete silence.
- The word sob imitates the sound it names.
- A sob story in a newspaper is a genre and not an accident.
- He was sobbing before anybody had said anything.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SOB and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SOB
The 3 tiles of SOB in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SOB
Showing 24 of 40 words that begin with SOB.
Words with SOB inside
Showing 24 of 73 words that contain SOB somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SOB are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SOB
Common questions about SOB
- Is SOB valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SOB, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SOB worth?
- SOB is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SOB mean?
- To cry with loud gasping breaths.
- What letters can be added to SOB?
- SOB takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of SOB:
Open SOB in the Word Finder