SOBFUL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SOBFUL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SOBFUL?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SOBFUL is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SOBFUL
No single letter turns SOBFUL into another word.
How SOBFUL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SOBFUL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 582,057.
What does SOBFUL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rareliterary
Full of sobs; marked by loud, catching breaths of weeping.
Sobful is a rare descriptive word built from sob and the suffix -ful, and it appears mostly in poetry and emotional prose. It colours a voice, a night or a letter with the sound of crying. Few modern writers choose it, preferring tearful or sobbing instead.
How SOBFUL is used
Rare and literary; ordinary speech would use tearful.
- Her sobful voice broke in the middle of the song.
- He wrote a sobful letter to his sister.
- The long, sobful night ended at last with sleep.
- A sobful hush fell over the small funeral.
- The poem ends on a sobful note.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SOBFUL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SOBFUL
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Common questions about SOBFUL
- Is SOBFUL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SOBFUL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SOBFUL worth?
- SOBFUL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SOBFUL mean?
- Full of sobs; marked by loud, catching breaths of weeping.
- What letters can be added to SOBFUL?
- No single letter can be added to SOBFUL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SOBFUL:
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