TABBY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. TABBY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TABBY?
| 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 TABBY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TABBY
No single letter turns TABBY into another word.
How TABBY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TABBY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 697,107.
What does TABBY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A domestic cat with a coat marked by dark stripes, whorls or spots on a lighter background.
Tabby describes one of the most common coat patterns in domestic cats, produced by a widespread genetic pattern rather than by any single breed. The word originally named a type of striped silk fabric, and it was later applied to cats whose fur showed a similarly streaked pattern. A tabby can be any of several colors, from gray to orange, as long as the characteristic striped or blotched pattern is present. The older fabric sense survives mainly in the history of textiles rather than in everyday speech.
How TABBY is used
Common in everyday speech to describe a striped or mottled cat.
- The shelter had three tabby kittens looking for homes.
- Their old tabby liked to sleep in the sun by the window.
- A gray tabby watched the birds from the windowsill.
- She adopted an orange tabby from the local shelter.
- The stripes on the tabby made it hard to see in the tall grass.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TABBY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TABBY
3 longer words begin with TABBY.
Words ending in TABBY
1 words end in TABBY. Useful as a back hook: play TABBY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in TABBY
Common questions about TABBY
- Is TABBY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TABBY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TABBY worth?
- TABBY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TABBY mean?
- A domestic cat with a coat marked by dark stripes, whorls or spots on a lighter background.
- What letters can be added to TABBY?
- No single letter can be added to TABBY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TABBY:
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