YABBER is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. YABBER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept YABBER?
| 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 YABBER is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YABBER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
yabbersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YABBER scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in YABBER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 919,794.
What does YABBER mean in Scrabble?
verb
informalAustralian
To talk a great deal, especially in a quick or aimless way.
Yabber suggests a flow of chatter that is lively but not especially important, the sort of talk that fills a car ride or a long afternoon on the porch. It comes from Australian English and shares its sound with similar words such as jabber and blabber. The word is usually friendly or mildly teasing, since it describes the volume of talk more than its worth. It also works as a noun for the chatter itself.
How YABBER is used
Informal and mainly Australian; slightly teasing in tone.
- The two neighbors yabber over the fence every morning.
- We could hear the children yabber in the back seat for miles.
- He likes to yabber about cricket whenever a visitor arrives.
- Stop trying to yabber your way out of trouble.
- They yabber so happily that the kettle boiled dry.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YABBER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with YABBER
3 longer words begin with YABBER.
Shorter words from the letters in YABBER
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Common questions about YABBER
- Is YABBER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YABBER, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YABBER worth?
- YABBER is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YABBER mean?
- To talk a great deal, especially in a quick or aimless way.
- What letters can be added to YABBER?
- YABBER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of YABBER:
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