STANDBY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. STANDBY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STANDBY?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STANDBY is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STANDBY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
standbysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How STANDBY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in STANDBY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 771,970.
What stands out about STANDBY
- STANDBY 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 STANDBY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person or thing kept ready for use if needed, or a low-power state of a device that is switched on but idle.
A standby is the reserve option: a substitute player, a spare generator, or a seat given to a traveller waiting for a free place. On gadgets the light that glows red means the device is in standby and ready to wake instantly.
How STANDBY is used
Standby appears in travel, emergency and electronics contexts, often after on or as in on standby.
- The crew kept a standby generator in the cellar.
- I flew on standby and got the last seat.
- The television stays in standby overnight.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STANDBY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with STANDBY
1 longer words begin with STANDBY.
Shorter words from the letters in STANDBY
Showing 40 of 102. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about STANDBY
- Is STANDBY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STANDBY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STANDBY worth?
- STANDBY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STANDBY mean?
- A person or thing kept ready for use if needed, or a low-power state of a device that is switched on but idle.
- What letters can be added to STANDBY?
- STANDBY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of STANDBY:
Open STANDBY in the Word Finder