VERB is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. VERB is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VERB?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VERB is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VERB
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VERB scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in VERB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,615.
What does VERB mean in Scrabble?
noun
A word expressing an action or state.
Verb comes from the Latin for word, so grammar named this part of speech simply the word, as though the others hardly counted. Every European grammatical tradition inherited that choice.
How VERB is used
Countable: a verb, two verbs.
- A verb without a subject is a command.
- The word verb is Latin for word.
- Two verbs in one clause need a conjunction.
- Grammar called this part of speech the verb and the others something else.
- Every European tradition kept the term verb.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VERB and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VERB
Showing 24 of 76 words that begin with VERB.
Words ending in VERB
4 words end in VERB. Useful as a back hook: play VERB onto a word already on the board.
Words with VERB inside
Showing 24 of 230 words that contain VERB somewhere in the middle. Words that start with VERB are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in VERB
Common questions about VERB
- Is VERB valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VERB, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VERB worth?
- VERB is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VERB mean?
- A word expressing an action or state.
- What letters can be added to VERB?
- VERB takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of VERB:
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