TUB is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. TUB is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TUB?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TUB is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TUB
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TUB scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in TUB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,369.
What does TUB mean in Scrabble?
noun
A wide open container for holding liquid.
Tub arrived from Dutch or Low German along with the barrel trade, and it has kept the sense of something wide rather than tall. That shape is why a tub of ice cream is a tub and a bottle of anything is not.
How TUB is used
Countable: a tub, two tubs.
- A tub of water in the yard for the dog.
- The word tub means wide rather than deep.
- Two tubs of paint and one of them the wrong white.
- A tub of ice cream is named for its shape.
- The tub came into English with the barrel trade.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TUB and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TUB
The 3 tiles of TUB in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TUB
Showing 24 of 142 words that begin with TUB.
Words ending in TUB
3 words end in TUB. Useful as a back hook: play TUB onto a word already on the board.
Words with TUB inside
Showing 24 of 99 words that contain TUB somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TUB are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TUB
Common questions about TUB
- Is TUB valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TUB, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TUB worth?
- TUB is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TUB mean?
- A wide open container for holding liquid.
- What letters can be added to TUB?
- TUB takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of TUB:
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