VIBE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. VIBE 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 VIBE?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VIBE is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VIBE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VIBE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in VIBE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does VIBE mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
The atmosphere or feeling of a place.
Vibe is clipped from vibration and belongs to the 1960s, when the longer word was used about people rather than physics. It has outlasted almost all the slang it arrived with.
How VIBE is used
Countable and uncountable. Informal.
- A vibe in that room that nobody wanted to name.
- The word vibe is clipped from vibration.
- Two vibes in the same building on different floors.
- Vibe outlasted the slang it arrived with.
- The longer word behind vibe was about people, not physics.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VIBE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VIBE
4 longer words begin with VIBE.
Shorter words from the letters in VIBE
Common questions about VIBE
- Is VIBE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VIBE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VIBE worth?
- VIBE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VIBE mean?
- The atmosphere or feeling of a place.
- What letters can be added to VIBE?
- VIBE takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of VIBE:
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