SUB is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. SUB is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SUB?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SUB is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SUB
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SUB scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in SUB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,053.
What does SUB mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A substitute, especially in a sports team.
Sub is clipped from at least four different words — substitute, submarine, subscription, subeditor — and context does all the work of telling them apart. The American sandwich called a sub takes its name from the shape instead.
How SUB is used
Countable. Also a verb: subbed, subbing.
- The sub came on at seventy minutes and scored at once.
- A sub in a newspaper office is an editor, not a player.
- The word sub is clipped from four different ones.
- She subbed for him twice and was never thanked.
- Two subs left on the bench and one injury to go.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SUB and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SUB
The 3 tiles of SUB in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SUB
Showing 24 of 1646 words that begin with SUB.
Words ending in SUB
1 words end in SUB. Useful as a back hook: play SUB onto a word already on the board.
Words with SUB inside
Showing 24 of 103 words that contain SUB somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SUB are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SUB
Common questions about SUB
- Is SUB valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SUB, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SUB worth?
- SUB is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SUB mean?
- A substitute, especially in a sports team.
- What letters can be added to SUB?
- SUB takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of SUB:
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