WOMB is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. WOMB is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WOMB?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WOMB is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WOMB
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WOMB scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in WOMB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 61,269.
What does WOMB mean in Scrabble?
noun
The organ in which offspring develop before birth.
Womb once meant the belly in general, and the narrowing happened before 1300. The silent letter at the end was never pronounced in English: scribes added it copying a Latin habit.
How WOMB is used
Countable: a womb, two wombs.
- The word womb once meant the belly in general.
- A womb transplant was first done successfully in 2013.
- The last letter of womb was never pronounced.
- Scribes added the silent letter to womb from Latin habit.
- Two wombs is a rare condition with a name of its own.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WOMB and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WOMB
9 longer words begin with WOMB.
Words ending in WOMB
2 words end in WOMB. Useful as a back hook: play WOMB onto a word already on the board.
Words with WOMB inside
4 words contain WOMB in the middle. Words that start with WOMB are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WOMB
Common questions about WOMB
- Is WOMB valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WOMB, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WOMB worth?
- WOMB is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WOMB mean?
- The organ in which offspring develop before birth.
- What letters can be added to WOMB?
- WOMB takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of WOMB:
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