SUBURB is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SUBURB is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SUBURB?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SUBURB is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SUBURB
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
suburbsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SUBURB scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SUBURB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 8,278 thousand.
What does SUBURB mean in Scrabble?
noun
A district on the edge of a city or large town, mostly made up of homes.
A suburb typically offers quieter streets, gardens and schools, with shops and offices left to the centre. Many a suburb grew when railways and cars let workers live far from their jobs. In Australia the word simply means any named district of a city, central or not. The Latin root means under the city, from the settlements that sat below city walls.
How SUBURB is used
Neutral term; the plural suburbs is also used collectively for the outskirts as a whole.
- They moved to a leafy suburb after the baby arrived.
- Each suburb of the capital has its own market.
- The bus line connects the suburb to the harbour.
- He grew up in a quiet suburb with long gardens.
- A new suburb rose beside the old railway.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SUBURB and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SUBURB
23 longer words begin with SUBURB.
Shorter words from the letters in SUBURB
Common questions about SUBURB
- Is SUBURB valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SUBURB, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SUBURB worth?
- SUBURB is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SUBURB mean?
- A district on the edge of a city or large town, mostly made up of homes.
- What letters can be added to SUBURB?
- SUBURB takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SUBURB:
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