TABBIS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. TABBIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TABBIS?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TABBIS is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TABBIS
No single letter turns TABBIS into another word.
How TABBIS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TABBIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 613,196.
What does TABBIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A silk cloth with a watered, wavy pattern, like a rich taffeta.
Tabbis was a costly fabric of the kind used in hangings and rich clothing, finished so that the surface showed a rippling sheen. The name is connected with the cloth called tabby, which in turn is named after a quarter of Baghdad where such silks were made. The word is now found chiefly in old texts and word lists.
How TABBIS is used
Archaic textile term; rare outside historical writing.
- The queen wore a gown of tabbis.
- Curtains of green tabbis hung in the hall.
- A bolt of tabbis arrived from the East.
- The merchant praised the sheen of his tabbis.
- Tabbis was too costly for common people.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TABBIS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TABBIS
1 longer words begin with TABBIS.
Shorter words from the letters in TABBIS
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Common questions about TABBIS
- Is TABBIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TABBIS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TABBIS worth?
- TABBIS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TABBIS mean?
- A silk cloth with a watered, wavy pattern, like a rich taffeta.
- What letters can be added to TABBIS?
- No single letter can be added to TABBIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TABBIS:
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