TIMBER is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. TIMBER 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 TIMBER?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TIMBER is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TIMBER
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TIMBER scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TIMBER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What stands out about TIMBER
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TIMBER mean in Scrabble?
noun
Wood cut and prepared for building, or the trees grown to supply it.
Builders buy timber in beams, boards and planks, and foresters speak of standing timber when they mean trees still in the ground. The word is also a shout: a lumberjack calls out timber to warn others that a tree is about to fall. In the ship-building trade a timber is one of the curved ribs of a hull.
How TIMBER is used
British English prefers timber for sawn wood, while American English often says lumber for the same thing.
- The cottage roof was held up by heavy oak timber.
- The company owns a large stretch of timber in the north.
- They stacked the timber under a tarpaulin to keep it dry.
- Timber was shouted across the clearing just before the pine fell.
- Rotting timber had to be cut out of the old pier.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TIMBER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TIMBER
The 6 tiles of TIMBER in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with TIMBER
23 longer words begin with TIMBER.
Shorter words from the letters in TIMBER
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Common questions about TIMBER
- Is TIMBER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TIMBER, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TIMBER worth?
- TIMBER is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TIMBER mean?
- Wood cut and prepared for building, or the trees grown to supply it.
- What letters can be added to TIMBER?
- TIMBER takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TIMBER:
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