SUBDEB is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SUBDEB 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 SUBDEB?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SUBDEB is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SUBDEB
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
subdebsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SUBDEB scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SUBDEB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,552 thousand.
What does SUBDEB mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalNorth Americanhistorical
A girl in her teens, especially one in the year or two before her formal introduction to society.
Subdeb is a clipped form of subdebutante, a mid-twentieth-century American coinage for a girl who was almost, but not yet, a debutante. Newspapers of that era used it for teenage girls in general, often with a breezy, slightly gossipy tone. Today the word survives mostly in period writing and in crossword and word-game lists.
How SUBDEB is used
Dated informal American usage; met in old magazines and period fiction rather than in current speech.
- The magazine ran a column on fashions for the subdeb set.
- Every subdeb in town wanted an invitation to the spring dance.
- She was a fifteen-year-old subdeb with a taste for swing records.
- The film cast a real subdeb in the role of the sister.
- A subdeb of that generation would have worn saddle shoes and bobby socks.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SUBDEB and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SUBDEB
The 6 tiles of SUBDEB in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SUBDEB
3 longer words begin with SUBDEB.
Shorter words from the letters in SUBDEB
Common questions about SUBDEB
- Is SUBDEB valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SUBDEB, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SUBDEB worth?
- SUBDEB is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SUBDEB mean?
- A girl in her teens, especially one in the year or two before her formal introduction to society.
- What letters can be added to SUBDEB?
- SUBDEB takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SUBDEB:
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